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Title
Three boys from Hong Kong, China, 1939
Creator
Duffy, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1939-05-22
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 three typical boys at Hong Kong of various ages. The boy on the right has a ring around his neck which indicates that he lives on a sampan. The rings were used to easily pull children out of the water if they fell in.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 9.3 x 6.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m6426 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-020-10-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6426
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-020-10-0002.jpg
Subject
Boys
Play
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Group portraits
Time Period
1939-05-22
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/020/10/0002 [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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