[YMCA Rooms for Allies, Peking, China]
Creation: 1901
James Ricalton photographed sites, survivors, and daily life in October 1900 in Peking after the rebellion for Underwood & Underwood. Troops posted in Peking found distractions at the YMCA with games, coffee, lunch, and books. The Y provided similar services to occupying American troops in Manila during the Spanish-American War. Ricalton intended his 100 images to make the viewer feel "quite at home among the streets" of Peking.
Title
[YMCA Rooms for Allies, Peking, China]
Date
Creation: 1901
Description
James Ricalton photographed sites, survivors, and daily life in October 1900 in Peking after the rebellion for Underwood & Underwood. Troops posted in Peking found distractions at the YMCA with games, coffee, lunch, and books. The Y provided similar services to occupying American troops in Manila during the Spanish-American War. Ricalton intended his 100 images to make the viewer feel "quite at home among the streets" of Peking.
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Stereographs
Source
MSS0546, Bets Ramsey Collection
Files
Collection
Citation
“[YMCA Rooms for Allies, Peking, China],” Gallery, accessed December 9, 2019, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/811.