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Title
Chinese Church, Xiamen, China, 1898
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1898
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
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
United Reformed Church
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Description
" Sin koe church Amoy as decorated ... for its Jubilee, 1898. First Chinese Church."
Interior view of Church and congregation showing the elaborate decoration of the Church for its fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1898. Note flowers, including narcissi (a Fujian speciality) in flower pots with ornamental dogs.
Volume of photographs taken in the Amoy [Xiamen] region ca. 1893-1920
Type
image
Format
photographic print, 9.9 x 14.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m7296 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-PCE-3-12-02-54
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m7296
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-PCE-3-12-02-54.jpg
Subject
Churches
Presbyterian Church of England Foreign Missions
Interior views
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
China
Xiamen
Source
SOAS/PCE/South Fujian/Amoy/Photographs/02/54 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
Presbyterian Church of England's Foreign Missions Committee
School of Oriental and African Studies
impa-m971

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