Photo Gallery - Streets of Old (All photos from GIO)
Sprinkler cart
A man is pulling a sprinkler belonging to the Taichung Fengyuan Town Hall on a hot day.
Pedicab
Pedicabs were once the main transport in Taiwan’s cities.
Popsicle vendor
A popsicle vendor stands along a street.
Carts with pigs
A view of three farmers pulling a cart loaded with pigs.
Street performer
A street performer is seen at work in 1952.
Peddler
A villager is selling daily necessities from door to door using a rickshaw to haul his merchandise.
Street market
A crowded street with stalls and pedestrians.
City street
A busy city street with streams of people and many signboards.
Waiting for bus
People are waiting in line to take the bus.
Cart
Two brothers are pulling a cart of scraps.
Crossing street
A teacher is directing traffic so that primary school students can cross the road safely.
Oxcart
An oxcart is used to transport wood, photographed in 1955. It used to be a main transportation in Taiwan before the railroads were developed.
Sausage vendor
Customers surround a street vendor selling traditional Taiwanese sausages on the sidewalk.
Clothing mending and alteration store
A clothing mending and alteration store, which also provides a leather dyeing service.
Union Building
Pictured is the exterior of the "Union Building," which houses many organizations from the United States. Now the building has been torn down and rebuilt into Offshore Banking Branch, Bank of Taiwan.
Sweet potato vendor
A street vendor sells baked sweet potatoes on the street, a once-common sight in Taiwan.
North Gate
A bus, a bicycle, and three tricycles all pass around the North Gate, built at the time of the Qing Dynasty.
Fortune-telling shop
A fortune-telling shop is photographed around 1963. The store also offers traditional Chinese ointments.
Office of the President
The presidential office used to be the symbol of power. In the past, no buildings around were allowed to be higher.
Drying rice
Before dryers became popular, farmers used to dry their rice crop by the roadside.
Far East Theater
The Far East Theater in Taipei is photographed in 1960. Large movie advertisements can be seen atop the movie theater.
Jiancheng Circle
Jiancheng Circle was once a popular location for vendors to do business in Taipei.
Divine figures in a parade
Divine figures move to their places for a parade.
Kinmen street
A street scene on Kinmen.
Newspaper stand
A child is reading in front of a newspaper stand.
Chunghua Emporium
A view of the D-building of the Chunghua Emporium.
Shin Sheng Theater
A view of the Shin Sheng Theater before it was refurbished.
Chunghua Emporium
An external view of Taipei’s Chunghua Emporium.
Pedicabs
After having placed a ban on pedicabs, the Taipei City Government buys them from drivers to incinerate them.
Dessert shop
This dessert shop sells all kinds of traditional Taiwanese desserts.
Yellow cattle cart
Yellow cattle are mainly used for pulling carts whereas buffaloes are used for pulling plows in a paddy.
Pushing a basket cart
In its early years, Taiwan still depended on human labor. The picture shows two workers wearing bamboo hats pushing baskets of goods along a rail.
Pulling cart
A worker is pulling a cart of cotton goods in the street.
Hengyang Street
Taipei’s Hengyang Street used to be the shopping district of Japanese.
Hengyang Street
Cheng Chung Book Store was established in 1931 in Nanjing. After its relocation to Taiwan with the Chiang Kai-shek Government in 1949, Cheng Chung was in charge of editing and printing textbooks for schools in Taiwan.
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