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Title
Bright Eyes festival, Sichuan, China, ca.1906
Creator
Manly, Wilson Edward
Date Created and/or Issued
1905/1906
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
"1906. The big court of the temple. The room with 65 idols & 30 small ones that they don't count is the one at the rear. Big bell (cast iron) can be dimly seen). In foreground, one of the church stewards selling gospels & tracts. Bright Eyes Festival, Tsicheo. R. C. R." People gathered for the festival to celebrate the "Bright Eyes' goddess are shown in a temple courtyard.
Type
image
Format
photographic print, 8.5 x 8.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg082-004-0057-0002.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-83116
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg082-004-0057-0002.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Temples
General views
Time Period
1905/1906
Place
Asia
China
Sichuan
Source
IMP/YDS/RG082/004/0057/0002 [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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