c. 1920–1925 · Glass-plate negative
Part of Chang Tso-Lin’s Army, Tientsin
Bain News Service
Why it matters
The Bain caption identifies the formation through Zhang Zuolin rather than through a national army. For an overseas news audience, the crowded negative made republican fragmentation visible as armed men, personal command, rail infrastructure, and contested urban space.
- Publication
- George Grantham Bain news photograph
- Holding institution
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
- Shelfmark
- LC-B2-5607-15; LC-DIG-ggbain-33489
Bain News Service. Part of Chang Tso-Lin’s Army, Tientsin, c. 1920–1925. Glass negative. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain-33489.
