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Title
Building for the Cantonese Opera, Hong Kong, China, ca.1920
Creator
Unknown
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 large thatched roof building. Two thirds of the building elevation is hip roof structure. Scaffolding is at ground level in order to prop up the unfinished structure. People gather around the entrance. Vendors are in areas covered with cloth. A superstructure over the main entrance has an unusual architectural style, European/Chinese.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14 x 9.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2295 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2295
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0010.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Performing arts
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/08/0010 [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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