The photos are from a Japanese book. 日文版的“岩波写真文库221”——《北京》，刊载了200余幅56~57年冬季的北京的照片 Source
A large collection: Everyday life in Beijing in winter 1956-1957
A collection: Everyday life in rural Hubei in 1964
湖北省鄂城县旭光人民公社 Source
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A collection: Everyday life in Chengdu in 1959
The photos were taken by a visiting German journalist. Source
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A canteen during the Great Leap Forward in 1959
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A flower garden converted into a vegetable garden during the Great Leap Forward in 1962
Shanghai Source
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At work in rural Hunan in 1965
汉寿县的送公粮船队 Source
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Everyday life in Beijing in 1957
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Guinean President Ahmed Sékou Touré and Mao Zedong share a meal in 1960
September 9, 1960 Source
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A collection: Great Leap Forward food cartoons
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Zhou Enlai dines with a Burmese Buddhist delegation in 1955
September 1955 Source
Everyday Life in Mao's China 