Postcard of the Qutangxia Gorge

Title: Postcard of the Qutangxia Gorge
Caption: Ancient plank Roads buiet [sic] Along The Face of Cliffs at the Qutangxia Gorge.
Identifier: WFC_067
Description: The panoramic scene is shot from a trackers' path cut out of the rock face. Two boats can be seen on the river, which courses between vertical rock cliffs on both sides. A few people can be seen on the trackers' path, obviously tourists, not trackers. "The Three Gorges" is written in gold letters in both English and Chinese on the front.
Date Created: 1970s
Location: Yangtze River Gorges
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html
Physical Dimensions: 5 1/2 w x 3 3/8 h inches
Original Format: Color Postcard
Language: Chinese and English
Source: Leslie Earl and Mary Katharine Willmott
Provenance: Passed down from Don Willmott to Cory Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-02-15
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Daniel S. Dye.1974. Chinese Lattice Designs. New York: Dover Pub.
Published In: https://archive.org/details/chineselatticede0000dyed

Media: WFC_067a_Yangtze_Postcard_1971.jpg; WFC_067b_Yangtze_Postcard_1971_b.jpg