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Title
Mrs. M. C. Swen doing research, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1944
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1940/1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Mrs. M.C. Swen wife of Nanking professor carrying on researc[h] in photography in WCUU. She is using Chinese scale, which are more accurate than ordinary Western balances." Mrs. Swen, wearing a white lab coat, holds the scale in her left hand. Others partly visible on the other side of the lab counter, partly hidden by rows of bottles on shelf.
University of Nanking students and professors were on campus of West China Union University during the Japanese occupation of their home campus.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 6.7 x 10.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9453 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG011-417-0000-5462
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9453
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG011-417-0000-5462.jpg
Subject
Photography
West China University
General views
Time Period
1940/1950
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG011/417/0000/5462 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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