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41. Photo 1255(14)

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Photo 1255(14)
Title:
No. 55. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. End view of the Front Tinger (or Pavilion). This part was usually occupied by about twenty foreign and native Catholic nuns, who were the guests of the manager of the Peking Hotel. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
Second view of the Chinese pavilion in the Legation grounds.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 1255(15)

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Photo 1255(15)
Title:
No. 57. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The First Secretary's house with its fortifications. The trees were cut down and used for barricades and bombproof. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
General view of the two-storey house, with verandahs sandbagged.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 1255(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(16)
Title:
No. 58. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Outside view of the Legation gate, with Nordenfeldt gun and barricades. The wall across the street in the distance is the wall of the Imperial city. It was pierced by the Chinese soldiers, and a cannon, protected by iron shields, placed there. The buildings along the wall at the right were also occupied by soldiers and 'Boxers' who, from this position, kept up an incessant rifle fire. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 1255(17)

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Photo 1255(17)
Title:
No. 59. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Native Christians filling sand bags under foreign supervisor. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 1255(18)

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Photo 1255(18)
Title:
No. 60. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Hauling the filled sand bags to the places where they were needed. Not less than 50,000 of these bags were made by the ladies, the materials therefor ranging from the coarsest and cheapest, to the finest of silks, satins, and brocades - worth, in some cases, $12.00 per yard, or even more. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 1255(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(19)
Title:
No. 61. The Siege in Peking. In the Hanlin Yuan. A sentry-post on the outer (Northern) line of fortifications. Native Christians digging countermines. Just this side of the building shown in the picture (in the adjoining court to the West) the enemy was discovered undermining our guard post, as was driven away. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 1255(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(20)
Title:
[Uncaptioned print: two Chinese men and a boy in the British Legation during the siege.] Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 1255(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(21)
Title:
No. 63. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Relief is coming at last. August [?]14, 1900. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
Group of Chinese and Europeans in the Legation grounds.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 1255(22)

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Photo 1255(22)
Title:
No. 64. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. 'Hurrah! Here they are.' The British General Gazelee [Gaselee] is shown at the right of the photograph. He, with fifty Sikh soldiers, was the first to enter the city. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
View showing General Alfred Gaselee (1844-1918) and entourage in the Legation compound.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 1255(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1255(23)
Title:
No. 65. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The exhausted relief party of Sikhs resting on the tennis court. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1900
Extent:
1 item