This is a rare collection of colour photographs taken by William L. Dibble. This little-known photographer arrived in China as a member of the “Flying Tigers,” the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force that fought the Japanese during World War II. Dibble’s photographs depict China before Communist takeover; they show a changing urban China alongside its age-old rural activities, as well as American air force soldiers working and living alongside Chinese people.
via Rare colour photos of WWII-era China taken by William L Dibble: Shanghaiist.

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