Great Wall of China, Koupei kew, S. Mongolia. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (6)). View looking across the river towards the Great Wall running along the ridge of hills on the far bank. A print from this negative is also held in the Purdom Papers at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University (ca...
Official residence, North Weichang, South Mongolia. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (9)). View from a hillside looking down onto wooden buildings inside a rectangular fence in the valley below. With additional pencilled note (referring to the fence) on negative envelope: Spiked birch palisading [sic].
Remnants of forests, Weichang. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (10)). View along forested hillside, with an area of felled trees in the foreground. With additional pencilled note on negative envelope: Forest devastation by Chinamen.