Gardens, Chinese: Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai, China [002]

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Title Gardens, Chinese: Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai, China [002]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 9, China, Shanghai, Yu Yuan (Garden), 4
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1981
Subject Streets--China--Shanghai--Photographs; Stores, Retail--China--Shanghai--Photographs; Gardens, Chinese--China--Shanghai--Photographs; China; Streets; Men; Women; Children
Keywords Shops; Yu Yuan Garden
Spatial Coverage Shanghai (China)
Description Photograph of a street crowded with people near Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai, China
Caption on Slide Street scene near Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai, China.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Yu Yuan (meaning "Garden of Peace and Comfort") is a classical Chinese garden located in Shanghai, China. It was built between 1559 and 1577. The garden contains Ming Dynasty pavilions, rockeries, arched bridges, and goldfish ponds, all encircled by an undulating dragon wall.--Frommer's. Note: Yu Yuan Garden, together with the nearby Chenghuang Temple complex and the surrounding streets, are now part of a large pedestrian zone dedicated to restaurants and retail.--Wikipedia. Note: Nei Yuan (Inner Garden) was constructed in 1709 and made a part of Yu Yuan in 1956.--Frommer's.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6m90s7v
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 337093
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m90s7v
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