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Title: Hiller 09-55 : The tablet pavilion of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing
Summary: Photograph of the tablet pavilion of of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. The Tablet Pavilion, which is also called Sifang Cheng, is located not far from the entrance. A majestic tablet was erected by order of Emperor Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang as well as the third emperor of Ming, to eulogize his father's merits and virtues. The tablet is set up on the back of Bixi, a legendary animal similar to tortoise. The photo looks little orange.

Title: Hiller 09-02 : Field in Nanking, with tree in foreground
Summary: Photograph of field with tree in foreground in Nanking. Day appears overcast.

Title: Hiller 09-03 : Street lined with shops in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of wide street lined with shops in Nanking. Several cars and rickshaws in the street. People are on sidewalks.

Title: Hiller 09-01 : Farmland and Yangtze River in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of farmland with Yangtze River of Nanking in distance. Day appears overcast and cloudy.

Title: Hiller 09-19: A man with one-wheeled cart
Summary: Photograph of a man pushing a one-wheeled cart on a street.

Title: Hiller 09-21: Food stands with carrying pole, building and people in background
Summary: Photograph of carrying pole with food stand in Nanking, China. Building, people, including a person carrying two baskets with a shoulder pole, and bails of hay in background.

Title: Hiller 09-18: A mule with heavy goods
Summary: Photograph of a mule carrying heavy goods in the street.

Title: Hiller 09-22: Men working on breaking stones on shop-lined street
Summary: Photograph of five men crushing stones in street. Storefronts are in background.

Title: Hiller 09-20: Nanking street vender
Summary: Photograph of street vendor standing in a Nanking street. The vendor carries two tables with an awning on a shoulder pole. People, buildings, and rickshaws in background.

Title: Hiller 09-29: Two children, one riding piggyback 1
Summary: Photograph of two children. One is riding piggyback. A shed, a field, and hay stacks in background

Title: Hiller 09-33: A straight road lined with trees 2
Summary: Photograph of a road lined with trees. In the distance, the road bends.

Title: Hiller 09-06: An unknown building in Nanking, backside
Summary: Photograph of the Moral Endeavor Association Building (Lizhi She) in Nanking, which is the meeting place of the Senior Military Officers in the Capital. Building has fly eaves roofing with brick facade. The grounds can be seen in the foreground.

Title: Hiller 09-04 : Nanking Great Hall of the People
Summary: Photograph of an entrance of the Nanjing Great Hall of the People. Designed by Fuquan Xi and built in 1936. It was largest and most advanced facilities of the Republic Hall at that period of time in China.

Title: Hiller 09-07: Reddish building with flying eaves in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of the entrance and part of the grounds of the Moral Endeavor Association Building (Lizhi She) in Nanking. Served as meeting place for senior military officials in the Capital. Building has fly eaves roofing with a brick facade.

Title: Hiller 09-11: Four monks
Summary: Photograph of four monks standing outside. There is a little exposure or a flash issue in the right corner of the photo that partially obscures the monk standing farthest right.

Title: Hiller 09-08 : Chinese Culture and Opera Museum in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of the Chinese Culture and Opera Museum in Nanking. The museum is mostly obscured by the paifang in the foreground. Beneath the paifang, stands a single guard.

Title: Hiller 09-15: Horse carriage and rickshaws on street in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of a carriage and two rickshaws on a street. Carriages and rickshaws were common transportation in Nanking during the 1940's.

Title: Hiller 09-16: Horse carriage and cars on street in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of a carriage and three cars on a busy Nanking street.

Title: Hiller 09-27: A boy eating sugar cane
Summary: Photograph of a boy eating sugar cane standing in front of the bundles of rope. Two people are working with hay inside the shed in the background.

Title: Hiller 09-23: Many-windowed, two-story building in Nanking
Summary: Photograph of a villa in Nanking.

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