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Title
The dormitory water system, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1939
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1940
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
"The heart of the dormitory water system. From here the water flows through bamboo pipes to the washrooms. The tower in the background is the watch-tower for the night watchman. The new dining-hall will occupy the graveyard." Building to the right, watchtower and another compound in the background. At right, a man pours a bucket of water down a brick pipe.
["Nanking" on the negative envelope indicates that this picture comes from the period during which Nanking University relocated to the WCUU campus - approximately 1937-45.]
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 7 x 9.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9565 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG011-417-0000-5598
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9565
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG011-417-0000-5598.jpg
Subject
Water
Traditional technology
West China Union University
General views
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG011/417/0000/5598 [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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