Min Chin with a camera, Northern Hot Springs, 1940
Collection
Identifier
Fu-n258
Copyright
© Fu Bingchang
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fu-n258. Min Chin is holding a Voigtländer 'Superb' camera, probably owned by Fu. This twin lens reflex camera, with a unique parallax correction device, was made by Voigtländer and Sohn (Braunschweig). It used 120 film, making negatives 2.25 inches (57mm) square. The camera was introduced in 1933. Northern Hot Springs Park (Pei-wan-chuan Park; Beiquan), near Pei-pai (Beibei), 30km north of Chungking (Chongqing). See also Fu-n296, Fu01-025, Fu02-051 and Fu04-005.
Location
Date
Monday 12 February 1940
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Collection of C. H. Foo and Y. W. Foo