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81. L.R.420.c.10(31)

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L.R.420.c.10(31)
Title:
Evening in the streets [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a Beijing street, famed by wooden archways: 'Evening is shown by the long shadows and absence of glare. The two wooden and buttressed triple archways are purely decorative. The new style of metalled road is clearly shown, with the deep bricked d...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

82. L.R.420.c.10(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(32)
Title:
The sculptured base of the stupa — Yellow Temple [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture on the base of the stupa in the Yellow Temple (Huang si), erected in memory of the Panshen Lama, who died smallpox during a visit to Beijing in the late 18th-century: 'The monument is modelled on Tibetan or Indian lines and stands 30 feet...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

83. L.R.420.c.10(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(33)
Title:
The Ch'ien Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the massive gate tower, with pedestrians, carts and rickshaws on the paved roadway in the foreground: 'This is always known as the Ch'ien Mên...or Front Gate, though the proper and more dignified name is Chêng Yang Mên, as is plainly s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

84. L.R.420.c.10(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(34)
Title:
A gateway in the Chinese city [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking through the double-arched brick gateway: 'The Chinese city, which lies south of the Tartar city and is much less known to foreign visitors, has 10 gates. The double gate connected by a curved wall is here shown very clearly; and the timber doo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

85. L.R.420.c.10(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(35)
Title:
Bronze Pavilion — the Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the Bronze Pavilion in the Summer Palace, also seen in plate 2.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

86. L.R.420.c.10(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(36)
Title:
A street in old Peking. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A busy street scene, looking towards the wooden, triple-arched gateway crossing the thoroughfare, with pedestrians, carts and other traffic on the roadway.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

87. L.R.420.c.10(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(37)
Title:
Pi Yün Ssu [Jade Cloud Temple, Western Hills]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the paved pathway leading to the steps and gateway into the Jade Cloud Temple in the Western Hills.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

88. L.R.420.c.10(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(38)
Title:
Through the Nan Hsi Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a cart and a laden mule passing through the arched gateway, 'the most western of the three gates in the south wall of the Chinese city...The picture helps us realize the intensity of the light; on emerging from that gate one is in open country, in ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

89. L.R.420.c.10(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(39)
Title:
On the long trail [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a laden caravan of Bactrian camels, passing beneath the city walls of Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

90. L.R.420.c.10(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(40)
Title:
The Hall of Classics [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view: 'This is called the Kuo tzu Chien...and was a school or university of the nobility. The present beautiful building was erected by Ch'ien Lung, but after the ancient style of architecture. The main Hall is square, with double roof and yellow tiles, ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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