Newspapers. Two numbers of the Peking Capital Gazette dated Kuang-hsu 32 (1906), tenth month, 4th and 7th day, respectively. Tissue paper with yellow front cover. Tied with two paper thongs. Upper left corner: Title: Capital Gazette. Bottom center: Ch’u-lou Publishing House. Bottom right: Date: 4th day of the 10th month; 7th day of the 10th month. 21.7 x 11.5 cm. a) One intact issue, tied with paper thongs. b) Second issue, cover. c) Second issue, six pages (ie, six sheets of paper) with one partial paper tie connecting them. d-f) Double pages of second issue, no longer attached.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Newspapers
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures) and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Newspapers. 1906.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 11.5 centimeters and length 21.7 centimeters