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Tianjin collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6823m

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.

Scope and content

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

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

Contact:
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