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Title
Roof detail of the Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929
Creator
Downs, Fr. W.J
Date Created and/or Issued
1929-01-04
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
This is a photograph showing the detail of the center of the rooftop of the Maryknoll Seminary in Kaying [now Meixien]. It is done in sculptured metal and paintings that represent Noah's ark. The detail is exquisite with scrolls, flowers and pairs of animals, with a cross in the center.
Maryknoll, The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, was founded in 1911 by Revs. James Anthony Walsh and Thomas Frederick Price to be the main mission outreach of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States. The first group of missioners departed in 1918 for China. Today Maryknoll Priests, Brothers and Sisters are missioned in over 30 countries around the world.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 8.5 x 5.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3650 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-004-06-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3650
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-004-06-0003.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Religious buildings
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Close-up views
Time Period
1929-01-04
Place
China
Kaying
Source
MKL/China/004/06/0003 [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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