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Otis Smith Collection
Ph2020-187


Descriptive Summary

Title: Otis Smith Collection
Span Dates: 1899-1908
Bulk Dates: 1899-1908
ID No: Ph2020-187
Creator: Otis Smith
Extent: 1 box
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV

Administrative Information

Provenance: Paul and Sue Elder
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], Otis Smith Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.


Box 1

1.  Otis Smith (4 prints)
2.  U.S. Legation Company (1 print)
3.  Diplomatic Corps. And Officers of the U.S. Legation, Unveiling of Memorial Tablets, Peking, China, February 13, 1908 (4 prints)
4.  Belgium Legation (4 prints)
5.  U.S. Minister's Residence (1 print)
6.  Holland Minister's Residence (1 print)
7.  Diplomatic Residences (2 prints)
8.  Several Privates Outside Marine Hospital in Peking, China - Identified on back (1 print)
9.  Gun Crew, American Legation Guard, Peking, China (1 print)
10.  Rifle/Artillery Range (9 prints)
11.  Peking Legation Guards 2nd Semi-Annual Athletic Sports Under the Auspices of the Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), British Legation Interior Field, May 20, 1908 (25 prints and program)
12.  Headstones of Christy Linder and Patrick E. Hannon, U.S. Marines Killed in Peking, China (1 print)
13.  U.S. Battleship Wisconsin (1 photographic postcard)
14.  Drydocks in the Philippines (1 print)
15.  Miscellaneous Military (22 prints)
16.  Examination Grounds (2 prints)
17.  Imperial Troops from South Barracks, Emperor's Guard to Temple of Heaven (2 prints)
18.  Confucius Feast (2 prints)
19.  Peking, China (10 prints)
20.  On Way to Great Wall, North China (1 print)
21.  Great Wall of China (2 prints)
22.  Nankow Pass (1 print)
23.  Street Scenes in China (9 prints)
24.  Street Markets in China (2 prints)
25.  Country Scenes in China (8 prints)
26.  Chinese Citizens (12 prints)
27.  Chinese Infrastructure (20 prints)
28.  Chinese Temples (13 prints)
29.  Chinese Statuary (4 prints)
30.  Chinese Wedding (?) Procession, Peking, China (1 print)
31.  Wedding Procession (?) at French-Catholic Church (1 print)
32.  Ming Tomb (2 prints)
33.  Chinese Burial (2 prints)
34.  Chinese Burial Grounds (1 print)
35.  Burying People on Top of the Ground (1 print)
36.  Executions (3 prints)
37.  Chinese Grist Mill (1 print)
38.  Huts (2 prints)
39.  Camels, Mules, and Cattle (8 prints)
40.  Silk Making (1 print)
41.  Packing Ice (1 print)
42.  Making Lime (1 print)
43.  Coal Mine (1 print)
44.  Postcards from China (20 postcards)
45.  Miscellaneous (30 prints)
46.  Clippings, President Nixon Visits China, February 1972
47.  Mailing Envelopes and Notes on Collection


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