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Title
Razed building, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1939
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
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
"Chengtu: Still smoldering ruins after the raid of June 11, 1939 in which the casualty list reached 1000. Fire devastated many square blocks. Started by incendiary bombs." [now Chengdu] A building which has been completely turned to rubble. Several people are visible both in the foreground and background.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 7.5 x 9.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10070 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG011-416-0000-5373
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10070
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG011-416-0000-5373.jpg
Subject
War devastated countries
General views
Time Period
1939
Place
Asia
China
Szechuan
Source
YDS/RG011/416/0000/5373 [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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