Soldiers Guarding the New Republic's Leaders

Title: Soldiers Guarding the New Republic's Leaders
Caption: 1911 Body guard for leaders on Revolution Day, Chengdu. This was taken the day the new Republic was declared. This was the bodyguard of the new leaders whose picture we sent you before, but who fled when we did. This guard stood at the entrance to the door where the new leaders were receiving congratulations from the many callers and serving tea.
Identifier: AEJ_63
Alternative Identifier: 144
Description: Group of soldiers in uniform and standing at attention with rifles. They are standing in front of a building with Chinese lattice and characters flanking the main doorway.
Creator: Johns, Alfred
Date Created: 1911-11-25
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan (30.658799, 104.069888)
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815286/chengdu.html
Event: 1911 Revolution in Chengdu
Is Version Of: Bodyguards for the New Republic's Leaders
Source: Ken Johns
Provenance: Johns Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2023-08-05
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Johns, Alfred. 1928. “China: Its People and Their Life, May 2, 1918,” In The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pp.226-234. Toronto: Empire Club of Canada.

Media: AEJ_63 1911-11-251911 Revolution 4bi Republic declaration day, Chengdu.jpg

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