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Title	Pallbearers prepare to carry coffin for funeral, Hong Kong, China, ca.1920
Description	Photograph of men preparing to carry a coffin for a funeral. The coffin rests on small benches and then men are tying ropes around the coffin onto large poles so they can carry the coffin. A group of soldiers in dress uniform wait at attention behind the scene. A one story wooden structure with a window is in the background. Several onlookers watch the activities.
Subject	Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Subject (aat)	exterior views
Subject (unesco)	Architecture Religious practice Customs and traditions
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Hong Kong
Geographic subject (country)	China
Coverage date	circa 1920
Photographer	Mee Fong Studio
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1920
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	Photographic prints, 14.8 x 10 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Legacy record ID	impa-m2289
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
Part of repository	Maryknoll Mission Archives
File	MKL/China/001/08/0004
Rights	http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/2-articles/593; Maryknoll Mission Archives
Access conditions	http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/2-articles/593
Repository name	Maryknoll Mission Archives
Repository address	Maryknoll Mission Archives, PO. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y 10545-0305
Repository email	archives@maryknoll.org
Filename	IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0004
Archival file	impa_Volume4/IMP-MKL-China-001-08-0004.tiff

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