Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw18-137

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw18-137. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 156 negatives (sized 3.25 inches x 5.5 inches, 92mm x 147mm). The album was later labelled P2/XI on the back cover. The Yonghe Temple (雍和宮), the ‘Palace of Peace and Harmony’, also known as the Lama Temple, the Yonghe Lamasery and Yonghegong, Beijing (Peking).

Caption in album or on mount

Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 83, two negatives: Lama Temple

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1919-1920

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London