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Title
Baby tower, Fujian, China, ca.1911-1913
Creator
Gold, Ralph G
Date Created and/or Issued
1911/1913
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
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Gek Siong Sang 'Baby Tower'" "Foochow -- The Baby Tower, where formerly unwanted girl babies were thrown when born, but is now used for dead babies of either sex." [now Fuzhou] A small structure on a hill, and many others of varying designs are nearby. In the background a town is visible on a hill.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.2 x 15.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9110 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG008-086-0001-0018
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9110
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG008-086-0001-0018.jpg
Subject
Monuments
Death
General views
Time Period
1911/1913
Place
Asia
China
Fukien
Source
YDS/RG008/086/0001/0018 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Ralph G. Gold Papers
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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