Lanzhou (China), men constructing an inflated ox-skin freight raft on the Yellow River

Print 1667: A freight raft used on upper Yellow River in Northwest China. Made of inflated oxhides tied to a framework of poles. Near Lanchow, Kansu [Lanzhou, Gansu]. N. W. China.China. Skin RaftsTravel magazine photo caption: Constructing a freight raft. The rafts which take the long journey down the Yangtze may range in length up to fifty or seventy-five feet. These rivermen are constructing a medium size raft of oxhides which are stuffed with wool and then filled with air.Travel. (May, 1934). Rafting on the Yellow River. Vol. LXIII, No. 1, p. 27-29, 49.GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 1