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Description
Photographs featuring gardens, temples, and imperial architecture of Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, China.
Names
White, Herbert C.
(Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued:
1927
Place:
Shanghai
Publisher:
Commercial Press
Library locations
General Research Division
Shelf locator: *OVF+++ (White, Herbert C. Peking the beautiful)
Topics
Beijing (China)
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Description and travel
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Books
Photographs
Notes
Content: Bound in dark blue silk, with brocaded border and lettering woven in gold.
Content: J. S. Billings Mem. Coll.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 154 p.; [70] plates (part col.) : 42 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 9433526
NYPL catalog ID (B-number):
b14312807
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 820c91a0-c6ce-012f-240a-58d385a7bc34
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Tian Tan (Beijing, China)
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Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
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Bai ta (Miao ying si, Beijing, China)
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Bi yun si (Beijing, China)
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Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908
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Peking the beautiful
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Beijing (China)
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China
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Yihe Yuan (Beijing, China)
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Beijing
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Beihai gong yuan (Beijing, China)
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Photographs
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Book covers
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Commercial Press
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Front cover
John Shaw Billings Memorial F…
Peking the Beautiful
Frontispiece] The Guardian of…
Peking the beautiful; compris…
To all lovers of China's Glor…
Contents
Contents
Morning Sunlight on the Great…
The Wonderful Walls of Peking…
The Summer Palace (Pailou and…
The Pei Hai, or North Sea (Wh…
The Ch'ien Mên - Peking's Fro…
The Porcelain Pagoda.
The Chinese National Observat…
The Forbidden City (Panorama …
An Imperial Gateway (Tuan Mên…
"A Palace that Has Lost Its S…
A Royal Cemetery (Ming Tomb P…
The Mountain of Ten Thousand …
The Drum and Bell Towers.
The South Sea Palaces (Pavili…
Temple of the Five Towers (Wu…
A Thousand-Colonnade Walk (Lo…
The Pan Ch'an Lama Memorial (…
The Meridian Gate (Entrance t…
The Eastern Hill Temple (Tung…
The Hunting Park Pagoda (West…
The Hall of the Great Perfect…
A Guardian of the Gate (Bronz…
The Temple of Heaven (The Ch'…
At the North Sea Gardens (Dra…
In the Courts of the Living B…
On the Dusty Trail (Camel Tra…
A Study in Bronze (Bronze Cra…
China's Ten-Thousand-Li Rampa…
The Worship of Heaven (Imperi…
Lamaism in Peking (Mongol Lam…
The Chinese Dragon (Bronze Dr…
The Altar of Heaven (Approach…
A Royal Garden Party at Yi Ho…
The Tien An Mên (Gate of Heav…
Temples of the Westrn Hills …
Within Forbidden City Walls (…
The Shang Ti Tablet (Tablet t…
A Pictoresque Bridge Pavilion…
Peking Life -- A Camel Study.
The Camel-Back Bridge (Yü Tai…
At the Kuan Hsiang T'ai (Cele…
Temple of the Azure Clouds (M…