"Sway Dragon Pagoda Rangoon - the Great Bell"

Title

"Sway Dragon Pagoda Rangoon - the Great Bell"

Subject

Sway Dragon Pagoda--Shwedagon Pagoda--Rangoon--Spence Family--Asia--Fisk Jubilee Singers

Description

A commercially-produced image depicting the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. The reverse of this image has writing in ink, reading "Sway Dragon Pagoda Rangoon - the Great Bell." This image was one of many commercially-produced images of various places and peoples in Asia likely gifted to the Spence family by the Fisk Jubilee Singers upon their return to the United States in 1890.

Creator

Unknown

Source

John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-6.

Date

Ca. 1889.

Contributor

Dr. Patrick D. Rasico, metadata input

Rights

Images in this collection are the property of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections. These materials may not be reproduced without written permission of Fisk University. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections

Identifier

("Sway Dragon Pagoda Rangoon - the Great Bell" )John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-6.

Citation

Unknown, “"Sway Dragon Pagoda Rangoon - the Great Bell",” JOHN HOPE AND AURELIA E. FRANKLIN LIBRARY: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES, accessed April 17, 2024, https://fiskmusicmusiceverywhere.omeka.net/items/show/212.

Output Formats

Geolocation