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1917 newspaper feature on the Nestorian Stele of Xi'an and its replica

Place: Xi'an · today China
Date: 1917

Illustrated feature from the New York Sun of 4 March 1917 on Frits Holm's replica of the Nestorian monument of 781, with photographs of the original stele at Xi'an, Holm, and the cart that carried the replica to the railway.

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America (The Sun, New York)

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1917 newspaper feature on the Nestorian Stele of Xi'an and its replica

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