An American plane dropping food and clothing in ‘barrel bombs’ on Weixian (Weihsien) Civilian Assembly Centre, Weifang
Collection
Identifier
GV-s17
Copyright
© Gilbert Vinden
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: GV-s17. This photograph would most probably have been taken between 17 August 1945 and around the end of September 1945. The Wei-Hsien (Weihsien, Weixian) internment camp had previously been a large American Presbyterian mission compound known by the Chinese name of 'Courtyard of the Happy Way' (乐道院). See Wikipedia. See GV-s15.
Caption in album or on mount
Watch your heads / food, clothes will be dropped! / NB. Electrified Barbed Wire.
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Location
Estimated Date
August-September 1945
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
