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Title
An orphan boy with a walking stick at Yangjiang, China, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-11
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 a "Yeungkong [now Yangjiang] orphan boy who was brought here half dead from starvation and unable to walk. His father and mother were killed by bandits and he was so badly beaten that he probably will remain lame for life."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 10.7 x 6.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m6388 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-020-08-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6388
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-020-08-0002.jpg
Subject
Boys
Abandoned children
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Portraits
Time Period
1924-11
Place
China
Yeungkong
Source
MKL/China/020/08/0002 [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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