Quadrant, Peking Observatory

Title : Quadrant, Peking Observatory

Topic : Warren Swire collection

Location : Beijing

Date (start) : 1919

Estimated dates : 1919-1920

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Negative

Caption on support : Album cover: ‘G, 13 R.B.H. 1911 Blenheim, 3 Avondhu 1913, 6 horses 1913, also 1914-1920 up to end of Peking City’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 88, one negative: Observatory

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: sw18-145. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 156 negatives (sized 3.25 inches x 5.5 inches, 92mm x 147mm). The album was later labelled P2/XI on the back cover. Peking (Beijing) Observatory (Guanxiangtai).

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