Unknown persons near a body of water along a city wall, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 179 mm x width 278 mm, historical persons, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone), city-walls, A sepia-toned scene shows a large stone wall with battlements and two multi-tiered pavilion structures rising above it, each with curved eaves. In front of the wall a sloped embankment leads down to a shallow river where several people are standing and crouching at the water's edge, some with bundles and some near small boats or rafts. Livestock and pack animals are present on the bank and near the water. On the left side a tree stands beside a smaller building adjacent to a tower incorporated into the wall. The foreground is an expanse of textured, bare ground stretching toward the river.
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Unknown persons near a body of water along a city wall, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 179 mm x width 278 mm, historical persons, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone), city-walls, A sepia-toned scene shows a large stone wall with battlements and two multi-tiered pavilion structures rising above it, each with curved eaves. In front of the wall a sloped embankment leads down to a shallow river where several people are standing and crouching at the water's edge, some with bundles and some near small boats or rafts. Livestock and pack animals are present on the bank and near the water. On the left side a tree stands beside a smaller building adjacent to a tower incorporated into the wall. The foreground is an expanse of textured, bare ground stretching toward the river.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B07_041

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Unknown persons near body water city wall page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 179 mm x width 278 mm historical persons landscapes waters waterscapes seascapes temperate zone city-walls sepia-toned scene large stone wall battlements two multi-tiered pavilion structures rising curved eaves front wall sloped embankment leads down shallow river several people standing crouching water's edge bundles near small boats rafts Livestock pack animals present bank near left side tree stands beside smaller building adjacent tower incorporated foreground expanse textured bare ground stretching river

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