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1 A picture of Rua Cinco do Outubro, a prosperous street then busy with traffic.
 
2 Old style and new fashions in the streets.
 
3 Restaurant alley with eye-catching signpost.
 
4 Clothes on bamboo poles sticking our from windows to allow the sun to dry them. People in jest called this the "National Flag Display".
 
5 An old, narrow alley is draped with laundry.
 
6 An old, narrow alley is draped with laundry.
 
7 Carring advertising to promote a company.
 
8 Oriental-style paper lanterns.
 
9 A richly decorated restaurant with advertisement stands and models of ancient generals placed outside to attract customers.
 
10 A lady wearing a fashionable Chipao or Cheongsam and posing for a nice picture in front of the stone lion at the front of a temple.
 
11 A young girl with her hair braided into two plaits.
 
12 This lady is wearing a beautiful skirt in the Western style, an interesting contrast to the woman next to her in plain Chinese clothes.
 
13 Women carrying babies on their backs to facilitate working, shopping and gaming.
 
14 A stall selling crockery.
 
15 Women and children carrying babies on their backs to facilitate working, shopping and gaming.
 
16 Women and children carrying babies on their backs to facilitate working, shopping and gaming.
 
17 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, especially for the children, was a common street scene in the past.
 
18 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, especially for the children, was a common street scene in the past.
 
19 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, especially for the children, was a common street scene in the past.
 
20 Food vendor.
 
21 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, was a common street scene in the past.
 
22 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, was a common street scene in the past.
 
23 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, was a common street scene in the past.
 
24 Ordinary people did not care about table manners. Having a meal in the street, was a common street scene in the past.
 
25 A fisher woman breastfeeding her baby at the pier.
 
26 Stalls selling rice-paste rolls were popular in the past.
 
27 A water pond was built on vacant land in the Mong Ha area and people washed their household utensils in it.
 
28 Wells were found all over Macau. People drew water from wells and carried buckets of water on shoulder poles back home for use.
 
29 In the thirties, water boats carried spring water everyday from Mainland China to Macau and anchored at the Inner Harbour. People bought a water tally and porters would carry water to shore for delivery to the customers.
 
30 A plank cart was used to transport heavy goods such as pigs and rice. It was pulled in the front and pushed at the back. This means of cargo transport no longer exists.
 
31 A plank cart was used to transport heavy goods such as pigs and rice. It was pulled in the front and pushed at the back. This means of cargo transport no longer exists.
 
32 A plank cart was used to transport heavy goods such as pigs and rice. It was pulled in the front and pushed at the back. This means of cargo transport no longer exists.
 
33 To carry goods on shoulders for transportation was a common scene.
 
34 The village people of Zhong Shan, a town adjacent to Macau, going home through the Border Gate with some daily groceries purchased after having sold the fruit and vegetables they had carried to Macau.
 
35 A strip of water separates Wan Chai, China from Macau. Goods were transported by boats between the two places.
 
36 Busy offloading of goods at the Inner Harbour.
 
37 In the simmering summer, Tong Sin Tong, a Macau charity association set up a tea stand by the roadside offering free tea to the passers by. Tea was served in bowls made from coconut shells and kept on a tea shelf.
 
38 An old man resting with his pet monkey.
 
39 An old lady fanning leisurely to cool down.
 
40 Holding a baby in her arms, the mother is having her hair done by the hair maker.
 
41 A hair maker at work. She would now be called a hair stylist.
 
42 Removing the fine hair from the face with a fine cotton thread to make the face look smooth and bright.
 
43 The woman is waiting for the hair stylist to make her braided hair into a smooth and glossy bun.
 
44 Close your eyes and enjoy a nice shave.
 
45 "Don't move and you will look great!" The child is having his baby hair shaved.
 
46 Ear-cleaning was another service provided by the hair cutter.
 
47 Hair cutters busily working by the roadside.
 
48 A Fortune-teller not only told fortunes but also helped the illiterate write family letters. They acquired a certain cultural level.
 
49 Palm reading in the street. "Free Advice! Mind you, for full and comprehensive advice", you still have to pay.
 
50 No business today. That's why he is looking so idle.
 

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