A village school room with children learning Chinese characters, Central Hebei province, 1938
Collection
Identifier
ML02-d091
Copyright
© Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML02-d091. Chinese characters on the blackboard, from left to right, 你 (you), 我 (I), 农 (farmer), 人 (people), 学 (study), 做 (do), 工 (work). Translation of the caption in Chinese on the back of the print (1938年,日军驻扎村的学校): '1938. School in the village where the Japanese army was stationed'. This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: Village school, Central Hopei. Characters on blackboard, left to right, "you", "I", "farmer", "man", "study", "do", "work".
Location
Date
1938
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph