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[Bird's-eye view of a church in a walled compound in Beijing]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 323. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

The fall of the Pekin castle, the hostile army being beaten away from ...

Print shows the allied armies advancing toward the Boxer forces outside the imperial castle in Beijing, China. Title from accompanying material. From series: Boxer Rebellion picture series. No. 21.

9th U.S. Infantry Gattling gun detachment in court of the Forbidden Ci...

Ch'ien Men Street. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photomechanical print shows rickshaws, carts, and people on Chien Men street, Beijing. In album: Peking, Art Series IV, no. 20.

Chinese selling loot after capture of Peking, China

No. 3818. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Legation at Peking Beijing, China

Photograph shows a building at the U.S. Legation compound, Beijing, China. Photograph in Book 2, p. 4, no. 6. Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Forms part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection.

[Street scene with people riding bicycles, a bus, a jeep, and utility ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

China's "common carrier" - her substitute for railways, a "camel squa...

Atlas général de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Tibet : pour...

Relief shown pictorially. Text in French. Place names in French and romanized Chinese. "Avec privilège du Roi." Rev. ed. of: Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise et du Thibet. 1737. Revised ed. con... More

[Busy street scene in Beijing] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a crowded city street with porters, pedestrians, horse-drawn carts, horseback riders, possibly a street cleaner, pigs running loose, beggars, and two men who may be Korean based on the sytle of th... More

Worthy his country's pride--America's Commander in China, in his headq...

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The incline at the Southern Gate, known as Dead Man's Climb, Peking, C...

H15173 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3822. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Along the beautiful Yu Ho Canal--connects Peking with the summer palac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Temple in the Forbidden City, with plaza and tourists, Beijing, China...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207). Public domain photograph of historic landmark building, Chinese temple, Asian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictio... More

[Exterior view showing scaffolding around a temple in Beijing, China]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Actors in the role of "bad guys" in the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

6th U.S. Cavalry honoring Count Waldersee on his arrival--between Chie...

H2185 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Smith, a heroine of the siege and protected refugees, among the r...

H2162 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stereoscope; a journey through the dragon empire at the time of the Box... More

British Legation from the top of the Water Gate, Peking, China

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Southern Gate, where the Allied Forces entered Peking, China

Beijing quan tu = Peking / - Public domain map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned to 20 panels and mounted on cloth backing.

Peking, gateway to Ming tombs / CWB.

K133952 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; titled on block.

Typical springless, seatless Chinese coach, looking toward Coal Mounta...

H2171 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stereoscope; a journey through the dragon empire at the time of the Bo... More

A caravan outside the walls of Peking

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Great Wall of China" by Romyn Hitchcock, Century, 45:328 (Jan. 1893).

[Beijing Yi he yuan he ba qi bing ying].

Shows Eight Banners Brigade barracks, temples, villages, bridges, mountains, and the Summer Palace. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Con... More

Bengal Lancers returning from reception of Count Waldersee, approachin...

Peking, the capital of China, looking east from a balcony of the Drum ...

Two men in foreground. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peking railway station, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows aerial view of a train station. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Actors portraying women in the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Three story building as the theater stage for the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

On the old city road, donkey versus man-power for haulage, Peking, Chi...

Photograph shows a market in Beijing, China. H74197 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5208. Copyright by C. L. Wasson.

[Church in Peking] - Public domain historic place drawing

Drawing shows a Catholic(?) church with Chinese lions and arch in front and portion of exterior wall surrounding the grounds, on street across from temple or palace, Beijing, China. Watercolor drawing by unkno... More

[Temple of Heaven, Peking, China] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the modes of punishment in China - a Boxer prisoner, Peking, Ch...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peking end of world famous grand canal

Photomechanical prints shows aerial view of the Grand Canal and city wall (on left). In album: Peking, Art Series IV, no. 13.

China - Peking. American Legation - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows U.S. Marines in formation on the grounds of the U.S. Legation, Beijing, China. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

The bullet scarred American Legation from barricaded City Wall - Forbi...

Man sitting on ruins of wall, American Legation in the background. H2132 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stere... More

[Actor in the Peking Opera] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Bicyclists on street or plaza outside the Forbidden City, Beijing, Ch...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Statue of workers and revolutionaries in front of a building at "Red ...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

A street in the Chinese city, Peking China

Photograph shows a street crowded with carts, wagons, and carriages. H24389 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

China - Peking. Billboards on the wall of Peking - Frank G. Carpenter...

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Théâtre des opérations en Chine : environs de Pékin /

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Beijing di tu = Map of Peking. - Public domain map

Public domain photograph of Asain artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peking, U.S. Legation, Secretary's home and the Chancery

Photograph in Book 2, p. 6, no. 10. Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Forms part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection.

China - Peking. Scene on Chien Men St. with carved pailon overhead, l...

[Actor in the role of a grandmother in the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Street scene with people riding bicycles and a woman pushing a baby s...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, Ch...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

Bird's-eye-view of the celebrated wall at Peking, China

Interior of the house of a rich Chinaman, Peking, China

Photograph shows group portrait of several generations of Chinese men. H11351 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3774. Copyright by 1901 by H.C. White Co. Reproduction processed as item in LOT 11666 scanned as LC-DIG-ds-06784.

Outside the Chien Mein Gate, Peking, China

Photograph shows a streetcar, rickshaws, carts, bicycles, and pedestrians in front Chien Mein Gate. J9882 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23845.

[Gate of heavenly peace, Peking; includes Chinese language characters ...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 20. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hata-men Gate, Peking, Hopeh province, China] - Frank G. Carpenter co...

Busy street scene in front of Hata-men gate, Beijing, China. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

P'ai-lou across a main street. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

In album: Peking, Art Series IV, no. 27. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Coal Hill. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photomechanical print shows gates to Coal Hill and three pavilions on the hill. In album: Peking, Art Series IV, no. 19.

Camels under a blockhouse - Cor Tartar Wall

In album: Peking, Art Series IV, no. 12. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Empress Dowager's favorite palace by the lake, Imperial city - count W...

Ninth U.S. Infantry in Camp, in the court of the Forbidden City, Pekin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century fashion, China or Chinese-inspired design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bronze lion statue at the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden Ci...

Photo shows a bronze lion statue of a female lion playing with a cub at the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, with four people at a table on the right. Digital file provided by don... More

Palace Gate, Imperial City, Peking, China

J238433 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14590. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In China's curiously beautiful capital - east over Marble Bridge towar...

[Catholic church with walled courtyard garden in Beijing]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 140. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Peking - ancient observatory, lantern slide

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

H15177 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3826. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese funeral procession, lamp bearers leading, Peking

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Imperial Gate of the Imperial City, looking north, Peking, China

Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wee Chinese children at play, Peking Mission School, China

H24440 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 78. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

Catholic Cathedral in ruins--scene of a terrible massacre, Peking, Chi...

H15171 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3820. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese school children and teacher at the American Board of Missions,...

J286838 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12007. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Second Gate and its surroundings, from the Wall, Peking, China

People with horse drawn carts and wagons, and some rickshaws near city wall, sentry post above gate. H11331 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3754. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

Peking - inside view of gateway leading toward the Emperor's Palace

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1896, p. 563. Similar to lantern slide W7-918. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part o... More

[Buildings inside the imperial palace compound in Beijing, China, show...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 158. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78829. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

Boxer-Aufstand in China : Karte der weiteren Umgebungen von Peking und...

Relief shown by shading. "Fur Erläuterungen s. v. Richthofen, China Bd. II (Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1882) S. 276-350, und 373-398." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Western Gate, general view from the wall, Peking, China

People and merchants with small shops outside city wall, multi-story building on other side of wall. H11346 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3769. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

Y.M.C.A. rooms for soldiers of the allied armies--formerly a notorious...

Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stereoscope; a journey through the dragon empire at the time of the Boxer uprising ... personally co... More

Chinese Wall, Pekin--China - the Great Wall, Peking - Rebels have pass...

Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

China - Peking. Street scene - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows an automobile traveling along a street. On both sides of the streets are carts and wagons being pulled or pushed by men. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

[Actor in the role of a granddaughter in the Peking Opera]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Gate at the entrance to the inner court, or family residence area, in...

Manchurian ladies at tea and cards, Peking, China

H24430 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 68. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

Pavilion of the Imperial College, Peking

Signed lower left: AF Jaccaci from photo. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Chinese Education" by Romyn Hitchcock, Century, 60:901 (Oct. 1900).

Girls of the new generation without bound feet in Central Park, Peking...

Four girls walking in park. Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vue of the city gates of Peking

Gift; Constance Ohlinger; 1963 Sept. Written on back: From the collection of Rev. Franklin Ohlinger; Gift, Constance Ohlinger.

Peking - gateway in wall leading toward palace

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

U.S. soldiers heliographing on the top of the Tartar City wall, Peking...

Washing vegetables in the filthy streams of Peking, China

Photograph shows Chinese men washing cart-loads of vegetables in a stream outside the city wall. H24410 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 48. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

Peking, U.S. barracks for the Legation guard

Photograph in Book 2, p. 6, no. 11. Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Forms part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection.

[Chinese school children] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photographs show groups of school children. Hand-written captions read: [top and bottom left] Peking school girls; [right] Peking school boy. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

[Gate at the entrance to the inner court, or family residence area, in...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Street scene with open-air vegetable market and grocery store in Beij...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

[Street scene with roofs of the Forbidden City in the background, Beij...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

A Bridal procession in the streets of Peking, China

Photograph shows a funeral procession. H24390 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 28. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

The Reverend Liu Ming Chuan and family outside his home, Peking, China

Man, woman, and three children seated outside Chinese home. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 70.

State barge of the emperor on the Yu-Ho Canal, which connects the Summ...

No. 4480. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan stolichnago goroda Pekina s okrestnostīi︠u︡ /

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, C...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 24. Public domain photograph of historic landmark building in China, Chinese temple architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public doma... More

[Wumen (Meridian) gate at the imperial palace compound in Beijing, Chi...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 157. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Pavillion surrounded by ash trees / See-Tay, photographer, Tientsin.

Photograph shows garden pavilion behind canal at the palace of I-huan, prince Chʻun, Peking, China. Liang Shitai was also known as See-Tay. (Source: Brush and shutter: Early photography in China: http://www.get... More

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