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Title
The Memorial Chapel at Sangchuan Island, China
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 Memorial Chapel at Sancian [now Sangchuan] Island. High on the hill is a large statue of St. Francis. St. Francis died on the site of the chapel and for some time was entombed there. When the tomb was opened his body was found incorrupt. The chapel was built in 1863." The chapel sits on a mountain overlooking the river.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 11.1 x 6.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m6124 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-019-01-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6124
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-019-01-0005.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Church
Religious buildings
Distant views
Place
China
Sancian
Source
MKL/China/019/01/0005 [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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