Photography Demolition of the Front Gate
Photography Demolition of the Front Gate
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A black-and-white photograph showing the state of affairs after three weeks of 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 (Waicheng外城) and Inner City (Neicheng 内城) of Beijing. The wall around the gate is completely destroyed. Only the wooden watchtower is still standing.
The photograph is the 442nd 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: Das Blockhaus ganz frei (nach 3 wochen) . (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 13.8 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: bluish discolouration of black colour
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