Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw18-145. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 156 negatives (sized 3.25 inches x 5.5 inches, 92mm x 147mm). The album was later labelled P2/XI on the back cover. Peking (Beijing) Observatory (Guanxiangtai).

Caption in album or on mount

Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 88, one negative: Observatory

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1919-1920

Tags

• art
• heritage
• Beijing
• instrument
• technology
• bronze
• science
• navigation
• Verbiest
• Swire
• astronomy
• Jesuit

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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