Felicitas Titus will discuss and show images from her book Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City. Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pogodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists - all come to life again in this extaordinary collection of rare and vintage postcards. Old Beijing offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments.
RSVP to the museum store at (626) 449-2742 ext. 20.