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Title
Funeral procession, Hong Kong, China, ca.1920
Creator
Mee Fong Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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
Photograph of several men carrying a large decorated funeral bier. The men are dressed in white with white hats. Mourners follow the procession and people look from second story buildings. The buildings appear to have bamboo scaffolding on them.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14.5 x 10 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2290 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2290
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0005.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Religious practice
Customs and traditions
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/08/0005 [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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