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Object Number 56-55-60/15865.1.261
Display Title Overview of city, with South Gate tower in background
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Mongolia / (Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu) / Gift of Frederick R. Wulsin / 1927"; typed on label on back of board: "1302-Photo by Frederick R. Wulsin / Negative #26358-A / Mongolia - Alashan - Wang Yeh Fu / Panoramic view of the city of Wang Yeh Fu, / showing the South Gate Tower in distance. / 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 / China / Inner Mongolia / Alxa League / Alxa Left Banner / Wang Yeh Fu
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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Man standing on tower inside south gate
56-55-60/15865.1.242 Man standing on tower inside south gate
Wang Yeh Fu
Trumpeters playing on tower inside South Gate
56-55-60/15865.1.243 Trumpeters playing on tower inside South Gate
Wang Yeh Fu
Overview of city
56-55-60/15865.1.260 Overview of city
Wang Yeh Fu
Trumpeters on tower, playing long trumpets, South Gate Tower in background
56-55-60/15865.1.275 Trumpeters on tower, playing long trumpets, South Gate Tower in background
Wang Yeh Fu
Trumpeters playing on tower at sunset
56-55-60/15865.1.244 Trumpeters playing on tower at sunset
Wang Yeh Fu
Trumpeters playing on tower at sunset
56-55-60/15865.1.245 Trumpeters playing on tower at sunset
Wang Yeh Fu
Watch tower on the city wall
56-55-60/15865.1.264 Watch tower on the city wall
Wang Yeh Fu
Wooden irrigation aqueduct in foreground, city walls with watch towers in background
56-55-60/15865.1.267 Wooden irrigation aqueduct in foreground, city walls with watch towers in background
Wang Yeh Fu
Walls and gate tower
56-55-60/15865.1.285 Walls and gate tower
Wang Yeh Fu
People inside South Gate with trumpeters playing on a tower
56-55-60/15865.1.86 People inside South Gate with trumpeters playing on a tower
Wang Yeh Fu
Small shrine with large prayer wheel inside, in the market square
56-55-60/15865.1.256 Small shrine with large prayer wheel inside, in the market square
Wang Yeh Fu
Trumpeters on tower, playing long trumpets at sunset
56-55-60/15865.1.278 Trumpeters on tower, playing long trumpets at sunset
Wang Yeh Fu