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Title
Pallbearers prepare to carry coffin for funeral, Hong Kong, China, ca.1920
Creator
Mee Fong Studio
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 men preparing to carry a coffin for a funeral. The coffin rests on small benches and then men are tying ropes around the coffin onto large poles so they can carry the coffin. A group of soldiers in dress uniform wait at attention behind the scene. A one story wooden structure with a window is in the background. Several onlookers watch the activities.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14.8 x 10 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2289 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2289
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0004.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Religious practice
Customs and traditions
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/08/0004 [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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