H.O. "Pat" Nelson's
Photographs From China
Title Index
The Dragon Screen At The Winter Palace.
The Arch At The Empress Dowagers Boat Landing At The Summer Palace Grounds.
The Marble Boat In The Lake At The Summer Palace. The Hull Is Marble. The Superstructure Is Cleverly Painted Wood.
A Lemonade Drinking Contest In An Upstairs Room Of The Marble Boat.
Our Guide Gazing At The Jade Fountain Pagoda. In The Distance He Is Standing At One Of The Empress Dowagers Boat Landings.
A View From The Temple Of The Clouds Of The Seventeen Arch Bridge Leading To The Island Where The Empress Dowager Used to Go And Chin-Chin To Her Joss Summer Palace.
Another View Of The Summer Palace Grounds.
A view Of The City Of Nankou From The Railroad Station.
A Camel Train At The Outskirts Of Peking.
The East Gate Of The Forbidden City.
The South Gate Of The Forbidden City.
The East Pavilion Of The Forbidden City. The Bridges And Wall Of The Moat In The Foreground Are Marble.
The Imperial Museum In The Forbidden City.
Marines On Review.
Mounted Marines In The Shadow Of The Tartar Wall.
Where Russians Came Over The Tartar Wall During The Boxer Rebellion To Rescue Their Legation. Note The Shell-Hole In The Roof Of The Watch Tower.
An American Made Locomotive Used In The Mountains Going To The Great Wall.
A View Of The Great Wall.
On The Top Right Side Is The Highest Point Of The Great Wall.
Looking Down At Nankou Pass From The Ramparts Of The Great Wall.
A View Of The Plains of Chihli From The Great Wall.
The Entrance To The Valley Of The Tombs. The Site Was Chosen By Yung Lo In The 10th Century And 13 Emperors Are Buried There. This Is Marble And One Of The Largest And Finest In China.
The Avenue Of Animals Hewn From Solid Stone In The Valley Of The Tombs.
The Hall Of The Tomb Of Yung Lo.
Entrance To The Temple Of The Moon At The Summer Palace.
Traveling 3rd Class With 1st Class Observation On The Only Chinese Built Road In The Orient.
About To Enter The 3,300 Foot Tunnel In The Nankou Pass.
From The Station Of The Ch'ing Lang Ch'iao Where We Left The Train. It Is An Easy Walk Of Half An Hour To The Pa Ta Ling Gate In The Great Wall.
The Entrance To The Throne Rooms Taken From The South Gate In The Forbidden City.
A Pause Enroute To The Museum In The Forbidden City.
Old Star Shooting Gismos At The German Observatory On The Tartar Wall.
A Gadget The Ancients Used To Shoot The Sun.
Pa Ta Ling Gate In The Valley Is 2,000 Feet Above Sea Level.
Doping Off Along The Road In The Valley Of The Tombs.
The Soul Tower. It Is Built Half Way Into The Mound Over The Tomb Of Yung Lo (Ming Tombs).
A Stone Tablet On The 2nd Floor Of The Soul Tower.
The Altar Of Heaven.
The Summit Of The Altar Of Heaven.
The Temple Of Heaven.
The Temple Of The Happy New Year.
H.O. "Pat" Nelson
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