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Shanghai,

China

1910
 
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Chinaman riding in Jinricksha.

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A rickshaw operator transports a man through a Chinese city street.
The word rickshaw is derived from a Japanese word that literally means "human-powered vehicle." Rickshaws as we know them first appeared in Japan in 1868, but they must have been used much earlier in Asia as well as in Europe. Their use spread in Asia particularly in the 19th century.

By the 1880s,
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