Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw29-129. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 9.5 cm. 187 negatives sized 1.5 inches x 1.25 inches -:- 40mm x 30mm. The album was later labelled P62/V. The Beamless Hall (Wuliangdian), part of the Ling Gu (Linggu) Monastery, Nanking (Nanjing). This famous Ming Dynasty temple was built without beams or pillars. See Hn06-024.

Caption in album or on mount

Album cover: ‘R 4/1933 -4/34 China 1-23’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 68, two negatives: Nanking Mar

Location

Nanjing

Date

March 1934

Tags

• architecture
• heritage
• monastery
• Nanjing
• Swire

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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