War damage, Nanjing, China,1938

Description

"War damage in the southern section of Nanking where most of the fighting in connection with the fall of the city took place. Picture taken March 17, 1938."
Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.

Title:

Record ID:

impa-m5595

Names & Dates

Created:

1938

Creator:

[photographer] Forster, Ernest

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Occupied territories , general views

Coverage:

1938

Place:

[cities] Nanking
[countries] China
[continents] Asia

Relationships

Part Of:

[series] Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
[collection] Mission Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
[series] Ernest and Clarissa Forster Papers
[series] China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographs

Previous Formats:

photographic prints, 6.8 x 11.1 cm.

Access

Rights:

[owner] Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library

Repository:

Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Divinity.Library@yale.edu

Ordering:

http://www.library.yale.edu/div/reproductions.html

Identifiers

Record ID:

impa-m5595

Source:

[record id] YDS/RG008/265/0002/0049