The mostly black-and-white photos languished for decades in the archives of the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now, they are on display and give a glimpse of Old China at a time when today’s China is the picture of modern power.
(via Powerful Portraits Capture China’s Empress Dowager : NPR)
Source: NPR
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