Photo of the Day

People sitting on a sidewalk reading with a wall of illustrated stories behind them
November 7, 2020

Lending Library

In this photo from the April 1947 issue, people in Hong Kong have become engrossed in stories they just borrowed from a sidewalk lending library. The original caption states that one could buy 13 stories for one cent.
Photograph by Three Lions Inc, Nat Geo Image Collection

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