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Edgar Snow photograph of North Shaanxi, 1936

 Item — Box: 146, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Item 5906

Dates

  • Creation: 1936

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 17 x 17 cm

Language of Materials

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Other Finding Aids

Item- and file-level inventory available online.http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2219.xml

General

Former item number 3147.

General

Note on verso: "194 and 196. TYPICAL OF NORTH SHENSI is this narrow valley near An Tsai. Farmers of the Northwest mostly dwell in yao fang, or 'cave houses', built into the cliffs of loess for which this region is famous. 'Yao fang' are spacious, dry, and easily built homes, cool in summer, warm in winter, and for the Reds have the additional advantage of being bombproof. Nanking's fleet of airbombers are therefore useless in attacks on present Red districts, being able only to destroy the tows, largely owned by offiials and merchants. Photo by Edgar Snow, 1936."

General

Stamp on verso: "Henriette Herz 119 East 39th Street New York City PHOTOGRAPH by EDGAR SNOW."

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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