The ruins of a burnt out hotel, Nanjing (南京市)
Collection
Identifier
OH03-055
Copyright
© 2012 Charles Poolton
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH03-055. This photograph was probably taken either during or after the pacification of Nanjing in September 1913. The Second Revolution (Ch: 第二次革命) was instigated by the Guomindang party, who had won China’s first nationwide democratic elections in 1913. Members organised a rebellion against Yuan Shi-kai after he had ordered the assassination of Song Jiaren, the party's prime-minister designate, in March. The violence lasted from July until early September 1913. The Qing loyalist General Zhang Qun (Ch: 张勋; other: Chang Hsün), who threw in his lot with Yuan, finally took Nanjing back from the GMD rebels. Sign on the front of the hotel: […E] HOTEL.
Location
Estimated Date
1913
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
