David Crockett Graham at the Jinding, Mt. Omei
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Title
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David Crockett Graham at the Jinding, Mt. Omei
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Caption
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[Color, crack in glass.] DC Graham at Golden summit, Mt.omei, looking down at the 6000 ft. precipice. Buddhists leaped off here believing Buddha would catch them and take them to heaven, [In 1936, I saw the body of a man on a ledge about two to three hundred feet below the edge of the cliff. DGE.]
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Identifier
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DCG_023
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Alternative Identifier
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127-229
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Description
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Full figure profile of David Crockett Graham standing in silhouette next to a railing against the background of a blue sky. Graham wears hiking gear that includes heavy laced knee high boots, loose trousers tucked into the boots, a white shirt, and a notebook case slung across his shoulder. He gazes down towards the "Buddha's Glory" in the clouds below.
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1924-1926
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Location
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Jinding, Huazang Temple, Mt. Emei, Sichuan
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Original Format
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glass plate
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-10-09
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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Published In
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Graham, David Crockett. 1928. Religion in Szechuan Province, China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 80(4): Plate 17.
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Subject
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scientist
