General view of Tianjin, including the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Victoires (望海樓教)

General view of Tianjin, including the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Victoires (望海樓教)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk02-01. On the left in the background is the ruin of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Victoires (Wanghailou Church 望海樓教), which was set on fire in 1870 and restored in 1897. Source: ‘Collins’ Wide World Geography Reader. Book IV. Asia.’ (William Collins, c.1905), page 104. See also Bk03-06 (same view, in black and white).

Caption in album or on mount

Tientsin.

Location

Tianjin

Estimated Date

c.1894

Material

Book

Media

Tinted photograph

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