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1. L.R.420.c.10(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(42)
Title:
Peking from the Coal Hill. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the Coal Hill looking towards the Forbidden City in the distance.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(1)
Title:
Confucian p'ai lou [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the memorial inscription archway, '...a 'storey' of 'structure' for the display of a tablet or p'ai...The beautiful example here shown is in the Hall of Classics enclosure, and as it is in honour of Learning generally it is hardly correct to call...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(4)
Title:
An-ting Mên Street [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the city wall looking down onto the busy street below: 'The An-ting...gate is the western gate in the north wall. It is the gate which was occupied by the Allies in 1860; but the street as they looked down on it was very different from the view h...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.420.c.10(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(27)
Title:
The Forbidden City [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view across the Forbissen City: 'The view is taken from the Ch'ien Mên or Front Gate in the South Wall of the Tartar City. The South Wall of the Forbidden City is seen stretching across the middle of the picture, and beyond are the yellow tiled roo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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