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Funeral banners, Shantou, Guangdong, China, ca.1921-1923

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Title: Funeral banners, Shantou, Guangdong, China, ca.1921-1923
Creator: Cressey, Paul F
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920/1930
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: "Big funeral at chapel. Banners of mourning (about half) sent by friends of family. Banners of beautiful silk. Deceased, head of family - grandmother." A large group of people outside, most carrying banners in preparation for a funeral.
Type: image
Format: photographic prints, 6.4 x 10.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier: impa-m10579 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG008-248-0002-0065
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10579
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG008-248-0002-0065.jpg
Subject: Customs and traditions
Death
General views
Time Period: 1920/1930
Place: Asia
China
Kwangtung
Source: YDS/RG008/248/0002/0065 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Paul F. Cressey Papers
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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