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51.
Head of giant Buddha at Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The whole figure reaches to the river below. It is red sandstone -- occasionally someone would have shrubbery growth removed and the face white-washed. Compare size of man standing on head. Carved in 713-735 AD Head of the giant Buddha sculpture; moss is visible growing from its head and parts of its face. A person is standing on top of the head.
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Yale Divinity Library > Head of giant Buddha at Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

52.
Junk on Yangtze River, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Junk on way up river Yangtsi in Szechwan Province, West China. [now Yangtze] [now Sichuan] Junk on the river. Several men on the shore are pulling on a rope attached to the junk.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > Junk on Yangtze River, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

53.
Pagoda near giant Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and White Pagoda near carved Figure of big Buddha across the Yangtzi river in Kiating West China. [now Yangtze] [now Leshan] A pagoda with grass growing from varioes tiers. A man sits in the foreground.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > Pagoda near giant Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

54.
City gate, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
"West gate entrance to former Kiating near our home -- the sign on the right is an advertisement for singer sewing machines if I remember rightly!" [now Leshan] and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > City gate, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

55.
View of Chang river from hill, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Kiating Szechuan West China at low water the boats must travel close to the shore to avoid the sand bar which is completely covered when the river is high. [now Leshan, Sichuan] A view from a hill on the river. Several boats are in the water, and there is a town on the banks.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > View of Chang river from hill, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

56.
Gin Din summit, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and 'Gin Din' meaning golden summit a sacred mountain in Szechwan West China. Each of the two large temples claims to be the one on the summit. Hundreds of pilgrims climb the long ascent from the right of the photo -- on a clear morning at sunrise the snow mountains can be seen 200 miles away -- looking East with one's back to the cliff. [now Sichuan] A view of the summit.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > Gin Din summit, Sichuan, China, ca. 1915-1925

57.
Raft along bank of Yangtze River, Sichuan, China ca. 1915-1925

Creator:
Adams, Archibald
Published / Created:
1915-1925
Collection Title:
Archibald Adams Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Ya River Raft, West China Parked for Repairs to the steering sweep before descending (shooting) dangerous rapids below. A raft sitting on the river's edge, with gear in the center. Visible in the background are trees and some of the cliffs that follow the river.
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library > Raft along bank of Yangtze River, Sichuan, China ca. 1915-1925