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Title
Ming Tombs in Guilin, Kwangsi, China, 1935
Creator
Lavin, Joe
Date Created and/or Issued
1935-12-13
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
A photograph of stone guards at the entrance to one of the Ming Tombs. There are forty or more Ming Tombs. Each has an entrance and an avenue of about 100 yards on both sides of which are ten or more of these figures and finally leads to the tomb or the grave top of a small hill.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 11.2 x 6.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3197 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-002-05-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3197
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-002-05-0005.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Monuments
Sacred sites
Close-up views
Time Period
1935-12-13
Place
China
Kweilin
Source
MKL/China/002/05/0005 [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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