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Title
Damage to a building in Shantou, China, 1938
Creator
Downs, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-10
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
A photograph of a house that was bombed. Chinese agents for an American Embroidery firm lived here. Three were killed in this building. The bamboo on the top of the building is supposed to be protection against bombs, but in this case the bomb or bombs fell against the side of the building. This view shows the destruction of the smaller house nearby.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 13.5 x 9.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3447 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-003-06-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3447
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-003-06-0010.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
War
Housing
Exterior views
Time Period
1938-10
Place
China
Swatow
Source
MKL/China/003/06/0010 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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