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Two men making a stove out of a standard oil can
Two men making a stove out of a standard oil can
Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.18
Display Title Two men making a stove out of a standard oil can
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "China / Shansi - Paotow / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1017-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26118-A / China - Shansi (crossed out) Inner Mongolia - Paotow (crossed out) Baotou / Two Chinese making a stove out of an / old standard oil can at Paotow, a city / in the northern part of Shansi Province. / China. / "Wang Yeh Fu, a native capital in / Southwestern Mongolia". / LMR April 1924 / Rec'd Feb 25 1924"
Department Photographic
Date 1923
Artist Frederick R. Wulsin
Culture
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / <State> / <County> / Wong Ye Fu
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.7475 × 9.2075 cm (4 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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