Scope and content
Photographs: albumen prints of "Treaty Temple, Tientsin" and "Tientsin towards Treaty Temple," circa 1860; cabinet card photographs from Yuen Chang, photographer in the French Concession, Tientsin of Mildred, Agnes, and Edith Syke (?); cabinet card photograph from M. Maki, Japanese Photographer at the Studio of S. Takeuechi & Co., Tientsin of an unidentified Western religious figure; and photograph of the mounted detachment of the U.S. Army 15th Infantry "guarding American interests in China," Tientsin, 1912; and three modern prints.
Also, two postcards, a print of the residences of the English and French ambassadors, four maps, two bank notes (5 yuan, 1931 and 10 yuan, 1934), "sanction pass," and a card for a jeweler's shop.
Dates
- circa 1860-1912.
Creator
- Cornell University. Library. Wason Collection (Organization)
Extent
6 items. (6 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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