Sheep grazing in a cemetery outside Tianjin
Collection
Identifier
JC-s198
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s198. Part of a stereoview published by Underwood & Underwood. Photograph by James A. Ricalton. In the background are two 'baby towers' - and beyond, a gate and city walls. Unwanted babies, or the bodies of dead babies whose parents were too poor to bury the deceased baby, could be abandoned at a Baby Tower. See JC-s196.
Caption in album or on mount
Reverent but prejudicial Ancestor Worship - one of China's immense Cemeteries; which seriously lessen her productive land area.
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Location
Estimated Date
1900
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
