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Title
Construction site of the science building at Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1923
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1923
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
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Excavating for science building, Peking University, China" Workers on construction site, working on the foundation. Canal or ditch in foreground, trees in background.
Peking University changed its name to Yenching University after 1912 when the Chinese government university was named Peking University. It was later known as Yanjing da xue.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 9 x 11 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9731 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG11-420-5904-6315b
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9731
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG11-420-5904-6315b.jpg
Subject
Academic buildings
Construction engineering
Yanjing da xue
General views
Time Period
1923
Place
Asia
China
Peking
Source
YDS/RG11/420/5904/6315b [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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