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Call Number:

PH-02938

Collection Name:

Lai Fong Photography Collection

Creator:

Lai, Fong, 1839?-1890

No. of Items:

1 item

Span Dates:

1870s?

Description:

The collection consists of one photograph by Lai Fong (Chinese, 1839?-1890). Item-level information follows.

964:0122:0001 -- Lai, Fong (Chinese, 1839?-1890). Street in Canton, 2 Aug. 1893, 1870s?. Albumen print, 28.8 x 23.6 cm (print); 38.7 x 29.7 cm (mount). The print title is the inscribed caption below the photograph. The date of 1893 is most likely the year the print was acquired by the original owner. The mount is likely a page from an album; on the other side of the page is 964:0122:0002 -- Unidentified photographer. Execution of 'Namoa' Pirates, 1891, 1891. Albumen print, 21 x 27 cm (print).

Accession No(s):

964:0122:0001

Location(s):

Unid. Gernsheim Box 22 (964:0122:0001-0002)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Lai, Fong, 1839?-1890
Title	[Street in Canton, 2 Aug. 1893]
Date	1870s?
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	mount: 38.7 x 29.7 cm; 15 1/5 x 11 7/10 in; print: 28.8 x 23.6 cm; 11 3/10 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0122:0001

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