"The short section of the Big Bridge looking from the Southside island towards Gouq Ciu. The old abatements were wood. Bridge was finished for traffic about February 1932." and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Four men are walking across a bridge made of branches., and The back of the postcard is blank and includes: "Eigendom van Scheut (Kongo) Propriete de Scheut." There is also information about the mission agency on the back of the postcard: "Missie van Kangu- Mission de Kangu" The back of the postcard also contains the caption: "Inlandsche brug. - Pont indigene" ("Indigenous bridge") "Kongo (Mayombe)"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Old Fen Ho Bridge -- useless because of change in channel. A wooden bridge perched on sand by the water.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Bridge across the Tatung River which divides the Provinces of Tsinghai and Kansu north of the Sining River near which this picture was taken. To the right is Kansu, to the left is Tsinghai, Moslem governed territory, which includes the Northern part of Tibet. Such cantilever bridges are common in Tsinghai, Ma Pu-fang having constructed a number of new ones only recently.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s., and Under this bridge the overflow from the Shaohing [now Shaoxing] canal system flows into the Chien-Dong River.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s., and Soochow [now Suzhou]. A Wonderful Chinese Scenery. This colored postcard depicts an arched bridge over a canal with a boat and houses along the sides.
"The Wen Yu Ho Bridge, July 1924." A brick bridge with arches spanning a dry riverbed. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A substantial arched bridge crosses a river in an urban area. Boats are docked along the river., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photograph is from the papers of Frank and Verna Garrett who served under the United Christian Missionary Society in the Nanjing area from 1896 to 1932.