The man to the right wears a typical topknot hair style called esangtue. The young woman in the center seems to bring wine in a pitcher for the Lunar New Year dinner for her family. From the costume worn by the people at the background it would be on the Lunar New Year, which occurs in late January or early February.
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Willard Dickerman Straight papers, #1260. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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