Scene of Mt. Omei in the Distance, 1925

Title: Scene of Mt. Omei in the Distance, 1925
Identifier: DCG_026
Description: Color tinted view of Mt. Omei in the distance. In Diary 2, Graham describes taking this photograph from Kuan Yin Bang [Guanyingzhen], 28 li south of Kiating (between Suifu and Kiating) on the Min River.
Creator: Graham, David Crockett
Date Created: 1925-07-07
Location: Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1811732/emeishan-shi.html
Original Format: glass plate
Source: Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Provenance: Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughters of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-09
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: 2019: Hoogendyk, C.G. (ed. & producer). David Crockett Graham Historical Diaries. 葛史日维汉历记. CD for computer. OCLC 1098242149 (See Worldcat).; Green Forest Sales (DCG publications)
Subject: mountain
abstract: DCG Diary 2, 1925, p.11: "Yesterday I took a rough sketch of Mt. Omei in the distance. I also took a picture with the kodak. I have a relative in U.S.A. who is a first-class artist, and from the sketch and the picture he may be able to paint the scene, which was beautiful."