Photography Lugou Bridge
Photography Lugou Bridge
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A black-and-white photograph showing the entrance to the arched Lugou Bridge (Lugouqiao 盧溝橋), also known as the “Marco Polo Bridge”, in Beijing. In front of the bridge are memorial stelae and a column with a lion. The bridge is located about 15 kilometres southwest of downtown Beijing.
The photograph is the 374th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Brücken-Kopf der Marko-Polo-Brücke. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 13.5 cm, width: 8.5 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
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