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Title
A shrine at Pingnan, China, 1930
Creator
Dempsey, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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 " one shrine, an ancestor altar was loaded with ducks, chickens, rice, wine, tea and Joss-sticks, so evidently the 'spirits' had plenty of food that day."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 9.8 x 7.4 cm.
Identifier
impa-m7155 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-024-08-0007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m7155
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-024-08-0007.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Sacred sites
Religious belief
General views
Time Period
1930
Place
China
Pingnam
Source
MKL/China/024/08/0007 [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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