Swimming at the Pool of the Black Dragon (黑龙潭), Western Hills, Beijing

Swimming at the Pool of the Black Dragon (黑龙潭), Western Hills, Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL-s112. A modern copy print made by the Billie Love Historical Collection. It is thought that the original photograph was once owned by John Barr Affleck (1878-1941), H.B.M. Consul-General at Tianjin, and later belonged to his son John Proctor Affleck (1930-2004) and his wife Elaine. The caption on the back of the copy print was written by Billie Love Historical Collection. See Ph04-226, Ph04-228, Ph04-229 and Ph04-231, WC01-073, WC01-074 and WC01-122.

Caption on photograph

HEI LUNG TAN “THE POOL OF THE BLACK DRAGON”, PEKING 1905

Location

Beijing

Date

1905

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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