The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Caption Card - 'Wall of Chino-Chiao-fou, S. China' (Carl Stone Collection)

Handwritten Caption Card - 'Wall of Chino-Chiao-fou, S. China' (Carl Stone Collection)

This handwritten caption identifies a photograph of an ancient city wall in Chino-Chiao-fou, South China, noting the writer's belief that it was the oldest wall in the region. Annotations like this accompanied period photographs collected by Carl Stone during his travels in the Philippines and South China/Formosa around the turn of the twentieth century. Project: 218115