RARE (115) Vintage 1978 First US Tourists In MAINLAND CHINA 35mm COLOR SLIDES
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:53614322 | Country/Region of Manufacture: China |
Rare! (115) vintage 1978 35mm COLOR Kodachrome SLIDESFirst American & Western Tourists in MAINLAND Communist CHINA:
The real independent tourism industry did not exist in China until 1978, when the well-known Reform and Opening-Up Policy was carried out. Since then, the inbound travel was no longer restricted to diplomatic reception
In 1978, Deng Xiao-Ping introduced economic reforms and the open-door policy in China. Since then, the Chinese government started to recognize to...urism as a means to economic development and modernisation.
scroll to bottom to view all images!!!!
contents:-rare view of MAINLAND Communist Red China circa 1978 as seen bythe first Western & American Tourists to enter/visit/tour CHINA
Pres. Nixon's Ping-Pong Diplomacy opened the Doors in 1972.....which lead to Deng Xiao's OPENING-UPPolicy
contents:-each slides stands alone in color, contents and perspective....the
tourist who shot the images definitely had a photographer's eye.-actual film slides are sharp clear......images shown were taken off a mini-light table
-Great Wall, Beijing, Canton, peasant village scenes, etcnote:
-the period (Soviet made?) touring bus for tourists, the tour guides,
many of the local populace wearing Proletariat Blue worker's clothing, some with the Mao Caps, railroad depot, children's school, etc etc etc-CHINA as seen by Westerners for the first time.....as Communist China was closed offto the World 1949-1974
-few sample images shown....shot off a mini-light box
specs:-Kodachrome Inc. COLORS are brilliant rich and vibrant!!!no 'pinkish' weak fixer slides!-development margin stamped: APRIL 1978.....however actual imageswere probably shot earlier.....and then developed.-COLOR snapshot slide photos....100% original vintage!
-typically mounted KODAK processed cardboard 35mm holders-total count = (115) individual slides-EXCELLENT slides for you to enhance & archive
COND:-good to decent
We are NOT in the business of making MULTIPLE high-resolution reproduction copies to sell on ebay.
Despite offers of payment, we do NOT provide ANY digital copying service of the image(s) during or after an auction.
The photo, once up for auction is the property of the winning bidder who owns the commercial and credit rights.We do NOT save or store digital copies of the offered photograph(s).
We do NOT keep or maintain any digital photograph library of the photographs we sell on ebay.
shipped slabbed with cardboardSOLD AS IS.....NO RETURNS!!! photos are not to be copied and then returned!
US SHIPPING ONLY......NO international
there is NO RESERVE. postage is $8.45 SMALL BOX FLAT RATE PRIORITY MAIL
with tracking number (within the US).
Payment must be rec'd within THREE days on closing otherwise item will be forfeited and NO-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE-issued.
All alternate payment methods accepted.
NO hidden Reserve! All SOLD as IS! NO RETURNS!
US POST OFFICE raised 1st class & Priority rates again!
The real independent tourism industry did not exist in China until 1978, when the well-known Reform and Opening-Up Policy was carried out. Since then, the inbound travel was no longer restricted to diplomatic reception
In 1978, Deng Xiao-Ping introduced economic reforms and the open-door policy in China. Since then, the Chinese government started to recognize to...urism as a means to economic development and modernisation.
scroll to bottom to view all images!!!!
contents:-rare view of MAINLAND Communist Red China circa 1978 as seen bythe first Western & American Tourists to enter/visit/tour CHINA
Pres. Nixon's Ping-Pong Diplomacy opened the Doors in 1972.....which lead to Deng Xiao's OPENING-UPPolicy
contents:-each slides stands alone in color, contents and perspective....the
tourist who shot the images definitely had a photographer's eye.-actual film slides are sharp clear......images shown were taken off a mini-light table
-Great Wall, Beijing, Canton, peasant village scenes, etcnote:
-the period (Soviet made?) touring bus for tourists, the tour guides,
many of the local populace wearing Proletariat Blue worker's clothing, some with the Mao Caps, railroad depot, children's school, etc etc etc-CHINA as seen by Westerners for the first time.....as Communist China was closed offto the World 1949-1974
-few sample images shown....shot off a mini-light box
specs:-Kodachrome Inc. COLORS are brilliant rich and vibrant!!!no 'pinkish' weak fixer slides!-development margin stamped: APRIL 1978.....however actual imageswere probably shot earlier.....and then developed.-COLOR snapshot slide photos....100% original vintage!
-typically mounted KODAK processed cardboard 35mm holders-total count = (115) individual slides-EXCELLENT slides for you to enhance & archive
COND:-good to decent
We are NOT in the business of making MULTIPLE high-resolution reproduction copies to sell on ebay.
Despite offers of payment, we do NOT provide ANY digital copying service of the image(s) during or after an auction.
The photo, once up for auction is the property of the winning bidder who owns the commercial and credit rights.We do NOT save or store digital copies of the offered photograph(s).
We do NOT keep or maintain any digital photograph library of the photographs we sell on ebay.
shipped slabbed with cardboardSOLD AS IS.....NO RETURNS!!! photos are not to be copied and then returned!
US SHIPPING ONLY......NO international
there is NO RESERVE. postage is $8.45 SMALL BOX FLAT RATE PRIORITY MAIL
with tracking number (within the US).
Payment must be rec'd within THREE days on closing otherwise item will be forfeited and NO-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE-issued.
All alternate payment methods accepted.
NO hidden Reserve! All SOLD as IS! NO RETURNS!
US POST OFFICE raised 1st class & Priority rates again!
