Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The first two photos are courtesy of Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞. The central tiles were #105/#106/#125, and the border/trim tiles were #113b or…
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Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The first two photos are courtesy of Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞. The central tiles were #105/#106/#125, and the border/trim tiles were #113b or…
The traditional Chinese medicine shop Shangchizhai is an old firm in Xinhua City (兴化市昭阳镇) in Taizhou, Jiangsu province. It locates at 10, East Chengwai St 东城外大街十号, according…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles: the central, border/trim and corner tiles, measured in 7 7/8″ square, weighted 3. 85 pound and 1′ thick. #110, the central…
When Chee Hsin Cement created their power plant in 1906, they called it the “original power plant” (原动力厂), using a 1000-horsepower two-stage horizontal steam engine…
My Yeye and Nainai, and the list kinship titles or filial terms: 爷爷 奶奶 – Yeye and Nainai:- paternal grandfather/mother 公公 婆婆 (外公,外婆) – Gonggong and…
China’s First Cement Company Chee Hsin 130 Years is sold on Amazon Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller. Most everyone has heard of America’s greatest industrialists, but who was…
15 Xinhua E Rd, Lubei, Tangshan, Hebei, China The official name is Tangshan Qixin Cement Industrial Museum (唐山启新水泥工业博物馆) but people call it the old fashion way:…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The border/trim was #121b or #171b. The central tiles were and 109/159, which is identical to my home, as well as…
Guanfang Hutong, Beijing This Chee Hsin cement tile was from Grandaunt Lily’s siheyuan in Beijing. The specs are 77/8″ square, 1″ thick and 3.85 pounds in…