Subject: Forbidden City 紫禁城 (Beijing)--Photographs

Xiri huangcheng 昔日皇城. The Imperial City in the past
AuthorGuoli gugong bowuyuan 國立故宮博物院
PlaceBeijing 北京
PublisherZijincheng chubanshe 紫禁城出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese, English
TypeAlbum (Postcards)
Series
ShelfFile Cabinet A
Call NumberTBD [Mem.0004]
Description7 postcards (plus cover), 10 x 14.5 cm.
NoteXiri huangcheng 昔日皇城. The Imperial City in the past / Gugong bowuyuan jianyuan liushi zhounian jinian 故宮博物院建院六十周年紀念 -- The 60th Annniversary of the Founding of the Palace Museum.
Black and white photo-postcards depicting the Palace Museum in the early years of the 20th century.
Cover title and postcard captions also in English: The Imperial City in the Past.
Palace Museum (1930) -- Wanchunting 萬春亭 from Beishangmen 北上門 (1906) -- Qianqiuting 千秋亭 (Guangxu 光緒 era) --Police seal the Zijincheng after Pu Yi 's abdication (1924) -- Tongzhi concubines Jin and Yu removed through Shenwumen 神武門--Palace Museum staff at the Shunzhenmen 順真門 after the September 18th Incident 九一八 -- Late Qing Wumen 午門.