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Title
Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong, China, ca.1920
Creator
Mee Fong Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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
Photograph of Des Voeux Road in Hong Kong. Taken at street level. Beaux Art buildings line the sides of the road. A trolley is in the distance, rickshaws, motor cars, and people use the road. Iron poles near the trolley tracks provide the power to the trolley through catenary [overhead wires].
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14.8 x 9.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2231 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-05-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2231
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-05-0003.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Cityscapes
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/05/0003 [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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