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Title
Widow's memorial arch, Sichuan, China, ca.1900-1920
Creator
Manly, Wilson Edward
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1920
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
"Arch over main highway. Road only for foot passengers or horses. No wheel vehicles were used then. Arches were in honor of widows who did not remarry." A prominent stone arch with relief decorations in the stone and dragon sculptures on each of the roof levels is shown above a road paved with large stones. A man alongside a horse are seen in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 15.5 x 10.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg082-005-0071-0019.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82927
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg082-005-0071-0019.jpg
Subject
Monuments
Architecture
Roads
Animals
General views
Time Period
1900/1920
Place
Asia
China
Sichuan
Source
IMP/YDS/RG082/005/0071/0019 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Manly Family Papers
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
image/tiff
impa-m980

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