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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