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Burning of Ch'ien Men, Peking, June 1900

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Giles Familyen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-06T01:07:06Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T05:08:55Z
dc.date.available2006-06-06T01:07:06Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-04T05:08:55Z
dc.date.available6/06/2006en_AU
dc.date.created7/11/2002
dc.descriptionQianmen. "On 16 June [1900] Boxers attacked the richest trading quarter of the Chinese City, firing all shops which sold foreign goods. Over 4000 stores - goldsmiths, jewellers, fan, silk, fur, lantern and curio shops - were incinerated as the flames swept northwards. It was a terrifying spectacle as 'a lurid light growing ever brighter and brighter turned the dark night into an unnatural day.' The fire engulfed the magnificent city gate, the Chienmen. Its great rafters of Burmese teak seemed to the watching foreigners to burn with barbaric splendour despite 'the efforts of several Chinese fire-engines with all their paraphernalia of gongs, and banners, and horns...'..." Diana Preston (1999) p. 64.en_AU
dc.formatOriginal images scanned at 72 dpi (or in individual cases slightly higher) and in .jpg formaten_AU
dc.format.extent115950 bytesen_AU
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/43517en_AU
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofGiles Family Albumsen_AU
dc.rights.holderThe Australian National University.
dc.rights.licenseThis image is published under a CC-BY licence.en_AU
dc.rights.uriThis image is published under a CC-BY licence. For further information please go to http://creativecommons.org.au/learn/licences/en_AU
dc.sourceMenzies Very Large Rare Book 2233395en_AU
dc.subject.otherChina--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901en_AU
dc.subject.otherBeijing (China)--Buildings, structures, etc.en_AU
dc.subject.otherGates--China--Beijingen_AU
dc.titleBurning of Ch'ien Men, Peking, June 1900en_AU
dc.typeImageen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.citation2233395 Album 1 Page 57en_AU
local.type.statusSubmitted version

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