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Temple of Heaven, Peiping, China; U.S. Reparations Mission

2009-517
Accession Number
2009-517
2.5x4 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348550022
Related Collection
Pauley, Edwin W. Papers
Keywords
Cities and towns
Religions
Shrines
Reparations
HST Keywords
China - Peiping
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Description
Peiping, China, Temple of Heaven. Photograph shows arched doorway with several visitors seated and a view of the Temple in the background. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).
Date(s)
ca.
1946