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Title: A temple on the waters of Meixien, China, 1934
Creator: McCormick, James
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
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 "A temple to keep the Wind and Water Spirits on good terms with the boatmen." The temple is built on a rock ledge above the waters below.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 11.7 x 8.7 cm.
Identifier: impa-m3516 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-003-012-0006
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3516
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-003-012-0006.jpg
Subject: Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious buildings
Rivers
General views
Time Period: 1934
Place: China
Meixien
Source: MKL/China/003/12/0006 [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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