The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), Wuchang (Wuhan)

The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), Wuchang (Wuhan)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: RA-m122. A scan of a magic lantern slide. Royal Asiatic Society Library reference: Glass Slide.00/(122). The Yellow Crane Tower or Yellow Stork Tower (Huanghe Lou Huanghelou, Huang He Lu, 黄鹤楼), Wuchang (Wuhan). Photograph by Pow Kee. Pow Kee's studio was to the right of the pagoda (see 'History of Photography in China, Chinese Photographers 1844-1879' by Terry Bennett, page 241). See ‘Wuhan’s Yellow Crane Tower: Resistance and Resilience’ by Dr Yang Chan - https://visualisingchina.net/blog/2020/02/11/wuhans-yellow-crane-tower-resistance-and-resilience/. See also JS02-127, Wr-s030 and WS01-011.

Caption in album or on mount

122 / WUCHANG

Location

Wuhan

Estimated Date

1884

Photographer

Pow Kee

Material

Other

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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