War damage to church building, Nanjing, China,1938

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Title: War damage to church building, Nanjing, China,1938
Creator: Forster, Ernest
Published / Created: 1938
Publication Place: Nanking, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.
View from the tower of St. Paul's Church of the ruins of our large Chinese residence building which was used to house a preaching hall, a reading room, a baby clinic, Sunday School classrooms, and living quarters for our Chinese workers. It was burned by Japanese troops on two occasions, about December 14, 1937 and January 26, 1938.
Extent: 6.8 x 11.1 cm

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 265 | Folder 2

Access: Public
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