Old Chinese war telegraph (signal towers), Nankou Pass (南口关), near Beijing

Old Chinese war telegraph (signal towers), Nankou Pass (南口关), near Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-32. Photograph by John Thomson. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 19284i). Scratched on the negative: "Old Chinese War Telegraph Nankow Pass".

Location

Beijing

Date

1871

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph