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[China, 1927-28] – Vintage Wall Art

[China, 1927-28], [1927-1928] — historic photograph
[China, 1927-28], [1927-1928]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [China, 1927-28] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[China, 1927-28]

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Little is recorded about the specific scene beyond a bracketed place name and a date range of 1927 to 1928, so the picture is best read against its period. China in those years was in turmoil: the Nationalist army under Chiang Kai-shek moved north in the Northern Expedition to break the power of regional warlords, and a Nationalist government was established at Nanjing in 1928. Photographs from the era, often made by foreign residents, travelers and missionaries, offer a rare visual record of city life and ordinary people during those upheavals. The dating and location rest on an unverified caption, so viewers should treat them as provisional.

Created / published[1927-1928]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152180

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