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Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.420.c.10 Language Not applicable Subject Gateways

1. L.R.420.c.10(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(18)
Title:
Through the P'ing Tsê Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a mule cart passing through the arched gateway in the centre of the western wall of the Tartar city.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.420.c.10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(19)
Title:
P'ai lou and marble bridge — Pai Hai [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking through the wooden gateway towards the bridge: 'This is the Jade Bridge already seen in No. III, but the view here is from the island end of it. The p'ai lou — merely decorative and not commemorative — is a very good specimen of the wooden structure...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.420.c.10(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(20)
Title:
By the Hsi Chih Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the city wall towards the massive gatehouse tower, with a cart on the road in the foreground: 'This gate...which is the northern one in the western wall of the Tartar city, is certainly imposing if not sublime. The make-up of the wall, t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.420.c.10(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(25)
Title:
Within the Peihai — North Lake [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the wooden gate structure: 'This kind of p'ai lou, shored up with wooden poles, is not uncommon in Peking. To the foreign eye they lose much of their beauty, because we associate such buttresses with dangerous walls. It will be noted that in this...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.420.c.10(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(30)
Title:
The Drum Tower [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking towards the Drum Tower, from an elevated position: 'The Drum Tower or Ku Lou...in the north part of the Tartar City datyes from the Yüan Dynasty, and stood then at the centre of Khubilai Khan's city of Cambaluc or Khanbaligh. The lowes...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

7. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

8. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

9. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

10. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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