Refugees at headquarters of Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1938

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Title: Refugees at headquarters of Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1938
Creator: Forster, Ernest
Published / Created: 1938
Publication Place: Nanking, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.
Refugees gathered at the headquarters of the Nanking Safety Zone Committee to receive the first cash relief issued by the Committee to enable them to return to their homes and begin life over. February 1938. The rock garden conceals a strong concrete air-raid shelter.
Extent: 6.8 x 11.1 cm

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 265 | Folder 2

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