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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.197
Display Title Shop front with a sign in three languages
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Mongolia (Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927 / (verso) 1130-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26186-A / Mongolia - Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu / A shop front in Wang Yeh Fu. Note / particularly that the shop sign is / in three languages. In the center large / Chinese characters, on the right Tibetan, / script, and on the left Mongol script. / Mongolia. / "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
  • Mongolian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Inner Mongolia / Alxa League / Alxa Left Banner / Wang Yeh Fu
Dimensions Overall: 11.7475 × 9.0488 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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