A village school room with children learning Chinese characters, Central Hebei province, 1938

A village school room with children learning Chinese characters, Central Hebei province, 1938

Collection

Lindsay, Michael

Identifier

ML02-d091

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".

Caption on photograph

1938年,日军驻扎村的学校

Location

Hebei

Date

1938

Photographer

Lindsay, Michael

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph