Street view in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 218 mm x width 237 mm, street, A high vantage street view shows a long straight road flanked by rows of low buildings with sloping tiled roofs and awnings, trees lining parts of the street, overhead utility poles and wires along one side, and groups of people and animal-drawn carts moving along the roadway; the scene is captured in a sepia tone with distant rooftops and treetops fading into a hazy background.
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Street view in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 218 mm x width 237 mm, street, A high vantage street view shows a long straight road flanked by rows of low buildings with sloping tiled roofs and awnings, trees lining parts of the street, overhead utility poles and wires along one side, and groups of people and animal-drawn carts moving along the roadway; the scene is captured in a sepia tone with distant rooftops and treetops fading into a hazy background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B07_014

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Street view Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 218 mm x width 237 mm street high vantage street view long straight road flanked rows low buildings sloping tiled roofs awnings trees lining parts overhead utility poles wires side groups people animal-drawn carts moving roadway scene captured sepia tone distant rooftops treetops fading hazy background

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