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Side street, with wooden poles keeping th bank from caving into the irrigation ditch below
Side street, with wooden poles keeping th bank from caving into the irrigation ditch below
Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.246
Display Title Side street, with wooden poles keeping th bank from caving into the irrigation ditch below
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Mongolia / (Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927"; typed on label on back of board: "1121-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26177-A / Mongolia - Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu / One of the little side streets of / Wang Yeh Fu. Note the wooden poles / which keep the bank from caving into / the irrigation ditch below. Mongolia. / "Wang Yeh Fu, A Native Capital in / southwestern Mongolia"."; printed on back of board: "LMR April.1924 / Rec'd Feb 25 1924"
Department Photographic
Date 1923
Artist Frederick R. Wulsin
Culture
  • Mongolian
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Mongolia / <State> / <County> / Alashan
Additional Geographic Terms Wang Yeh Fu, southwestern Mongolia
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 11.9063 cm (3 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Frederick R. Wulsin

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