Dongbianmen (东便门), known as ‘Fox Tower’, the southeast corner block house (guard tower), Beijing, after damage sustained during the Boxer Uprising

Dongbianmen (东便门), known as ‘Fox Tower’, the southeast corner block house (guard tower), Beijing, after damage sustained during the Boxer Uprising

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-152. The southeastern Inner City (Tartar City) guard tower, Dongbianmen (东便门), Tung Pien Men, known as ‘Fox Tower’. The tower was damaged by shelling by Russian artillery during the rescue of the foreign Legations at Beijing in August 1900. See NA03-41.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1912-1914

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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