Photography Demolition of the Front Gate
A black-and-white photograph showing the architect Rotkegel, construction supervisor, at work during the demolition of the Zhengyang Gate (Zhengyangmen 正陽門), better known as the Front Gate (Qianmen 前門), in 1915. The gate was the central passageway between the Outer City (外城) and the Inner City (Neicheng 内城) of Beijing.
The photograph is the 439th 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 Demolieren des Tsien-Men: Architekt Rotkegel, der Bauleiter. (DZ, MV)
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