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Image ID31192
TitleChurch of Our Saviour, Tientsin (天津)
Collection13
LocationTianjin
DateMay 1911
Caption in album or on mountRussian Monument. Tientsin
Image typeBlack and white photograph
Material form
of image		Paper
Note(s)University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL02-041.  University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL02-041.  The Church of our Saviour was built on the east bank of the Baihe (Pei-ho) River, Tientsin (Tianjin) in 1907, in memory of the 108 Russian soldiers who perished in the Boxer Uprising.  From 1922-1925, the church was expanded and rebuilt as the Church of the Holy Protection. This photograph is from an album entitled Chronicle of a Tour of "Pelissier's Follies". Pelissier's Follies was a British theatre troupe set up by the English producer H.G. Pelissier. The group toured Asia in 1911 including stops at Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tianjin.
Keyword(s)Love ; Boxer ; memorial ; commemoration ; Russian ; church ; religion ; Tianjin
HPC referenceBL02-041
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