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311. L.R.420.c.10(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(22)
Title:
A street in the Tartar city [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the city wall, looking down onto and along a street receding into the distance: 'The street, which, like many in Peking might be called Very Straight, has no unusual features. There is the modern macadamisation of the middle portion, the bricked ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

312. L.R.420.c.10(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(24)
Title:
'By the North Wall the wind blows full of sand' [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of laden donkey carts struggling along a Bejing street, amidst clouds of dust.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

313. L.R.420.c.10(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(29)
Title:
A Peking shop. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the street of a Beijing shop, with donkeys and onlookers in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

314. 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

315. 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

316. 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

317. L.R.420.c.10(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(41)
Title:
The hour of rest [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of labourers seated on wooden stools at tables in front of one of the city gateways.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

318. L.R.420.c.10(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(44)
Title:
The old cart road — Hsi Chih Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a carter passing beneath trees on the unsurfaced road out of Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

319. L.R.420.c.10(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(48)
Title:
A street corner [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A busy street scene in the Tartar city. The accompanying description notes the presence of women with unbound feet: 'This does not mean that they are Chinese who have been converted to better ways. The north city is or was the Tartar City, the abode of Man...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

320. L.R.420.c.10(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(57)
Title:
A road in the suburbs [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking down onto the paved street, lined with food shops and kitchens.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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