Edgar Snow photograph of cliff houses in North Shaanxi, 1936
Dates
- 1936
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from the 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 3144.
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 towns, largely owned by officials and merchants. Photo by Edgar Snow, 1936."
General
Stamp on verso: "PHOTOGRAPH by EDGAR SNOW."
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States