City of Weichou Looking Down From a Hill

Title: City of Weichou Looking Down From a Hill
Caption: The city of Wei-Chou, Szechwan looking down from a hill above, showing the bamboo cable bridge and the Min river, where the Tsagulau joins it. 1942.
Identifier: DCG_060
Alternative Identifier: 247, 5V
Description: The roofs of a cityscape are in the foreground. Behind it can be seen the confluence of the Min and Zagulao Rivers, with the bamboo suspension bridge seen over the Min. In the background are mountain ranges.
Commentary: Weichou was the gateway to the lands populated by indigenous peoples such as the Wassu and Qiang. Graham spent many summers in this region collecting Natural Science specimens for the Smithsonian.
Creator: Graham, David Crockett
Location: Weizhou, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1791566/weizhou.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: 2025-05-27
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image