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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: sukhe_bator on 21 July 2009, 09:35:42 AM

Title: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: sukhe_bator on 21 July 2009, 09:35:42 AM

Street scenes from Kalgan, mod. Zhangjiakou, in Hebei Province of North China. Zhangjiakou has been nicknamed "Beijing's Northern Door" due to its strategic location. End of the line (literally) for Chinese railways and last stop before the trek across the Gobi into Mongolia
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x200/sukhe_bator/References/Kalganstreet.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x200/sukhe_bator/References/Kalganstreet2.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x200/sukhe_bator/References/kalgan3.jpg)

From an extensive collection taken by Harrison Brown during his travels in China from 1936 to 1937. They are available in the Harrison Brown Collection in the Special Collections department at the Simon Fraser University Library. An indispensible resource for BoB/Pulp modellers out there
www.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/edocs/HarrisonBrown?Fu...

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 21 July 2009, 09:42:02 AM

very inspiring pics! but the link doesn't work.

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Wirelizard on 21 July 2009, 10:16:53 AM

This link goes to the Photo collection:

http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/HarrisonBrown?Function=Browse&CategoryID=2

Nice find, local to me too - SFU is just over the strait in Vancouver.

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 21 July 2009, 10:28:38 AM

what a nice gun boat!

(http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca//harrisonbrown/fullsize/009-074-001-001.jpg)

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Svennn on 21 July 2009, 11:48:22 AM

Absolutely delightfull - thats just wasted an hour of works time and I am only about half way through.

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: sukhe_bator on 21 July 2009, 02:41:09 PM

Told you it was a fascinating collection...!

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: HerbyF on 21 July 2009, 02:55:21 PM

Great photos. Now i am going to have to start building some stuff to go with all my chinese armies.

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: odd duck on 21 July 2009, 05:37:33 PM

Thank you that's a great site I'll be spending some time there!

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Mosstrooper on 21 July 2009, 06:41:14 PM

Excellant !! :D

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Ignatieff on 21 July 2009, 09:10:29 PM

Just as I think I'm getting to the end of my BoB adventures, another door opens.  Excellent!!!

Title: Re: The Wild East - Old photos of Kalgan
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 22 July 2009, 05:18:49 AM

Quote from: Ignatieff on 21 July 2009, 09:10:29 PM

Just as I think I'm getting to the end of my BoB adventures

For heaven's sake! :)