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Title	Kaifeng (China), Harrison Forman looking at the stele created by Kaifeng Jews
Caption	Harrison Forman and original stone tablet at Kaifeng, Honan [Henan] province, which tells the story of the colony of Jews who settled there 1,000 years ago. (A reproduction of this stone tablet is in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archeology in Toronto.)
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - China
Date of Photograph	1938
Photographer's Note	China: Yellow River flood - Kaifeng Jews
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Description	The Kaifeng Jews were a centuries-old Jewish community that settled in China, possibly as early as the 12th century.
Source of Descriptive Information	Kaifeng Jew. (2012). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9044328
Related Resources	Harrison Forman Diary, China, July 1938 available at http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/forman,7
Subject TGM	Photojournalists Stelae Monuments & memorials
Subject LC	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978 Jews--China--History Kaifeng Xian (China)
Continent	Asia
General Region	East Asia
Nation/Country	China
State/Province	Henan
City/Place	Kaifeng
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	35mm
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Location	Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 23
Derivative Format	Photographic print located in Harrison Forman Collection, box XL1, Forman 1465 c1 and box M11, Forman 1465 c2
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr209760
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle East
Digital Format	Image/JP2
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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