Old Beijing
Subtitle: postcards from the Imperial City
By: Felicitas Titus ; foreword by Susan Naquin
Contributors: Naquin, Susan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: North Clarendon, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804841856
Subjects: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Postcards; Art collections; Private collections; HISTORY / Asia / China; Postcards; Pictorial works
Description: "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; street performers and foreign tourists--all come to life again in this extraordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 350 black-and-white and hand-tinted cards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for historians, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.