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Title
Chapel altar at Dongzhen, China, 1939
Creator
North, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1939-03
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 of the Tungchen [now Dongzhen] chapel in 1939. Statues are placed on either side of the altar, candles are lit all around it and two altar boys are kneeling in front of it. The altar rail is made of wood and has an intricate fretwork pattern.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 13.4 x 8.4 cm.
Identifier
impa-m4054 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-006-05-0008
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m4054
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-006-05-0008.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious buildings
Sacred sites
Interior views
Time Period
1939-03
Place
China
Dongzhen
Source
MKL/China/006/05/0008 [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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