The diary of Edmund Heller, October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918 : covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History
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The scene was splendidly colorful + a painter or color photographer could give me an idea of its brilliance. The place was a lovely arrangement (thickly) of pea-green lush weed, crossed by marble bridges + flanked by marble blocks. Meant to be the Museum which contains rare treasures of art with royal families like chinoiserie, porcelains, ivories, bronzes, Chinese silver, rugs, arms, etc.! The museum was splendidly clean, the exhibits in glass cases + well labeled in Chinese characters. Every object was bright + attractive + the place was roped off to the visitors and to proceed in one door + and out the other. Of the Chinese rooms were wonderful affairs.