This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted Beijing photography postcards that span t
This collection of Chinese photography contains over 350 vintage postcards from pre-communist China along with extensive historical background and commentary.Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the
Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; s