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Title
Church with boat dock, Sancian Island, China, ca. 1927
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1927
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 the church of Francis Xavier at Sancian Island. The photograph is taken from atop a hill behind the church facing down towards the building. One can see the roof-line, steeple and side buildings. Further down the hill is the water with boats under sail and a dock with pilgrims landing. In the foreground of the image one can see pilgrims who have climbed up the hill behind the church.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
14 x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62896 [Legacy record ID]
MSA-China-05-09-05
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62896
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MSA-China-05-09-05.jpg
Subject
Pilgrimages
Churches
Overhead views
Time Period
circa 1927
Place
Asia
China
inhabited places: Sancian Island
Source
MSA/China/05/09/05 [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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