Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing, around 1930. The text on the archway (pailou) reads "Natural Museum" (天然博物院). To the left was the Agricultural Experimental Farm—the predecessor of today's Beijing Zoo—which was renamed the Natural Museum in 1929. Because of this, the avenue

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Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing, around 1930. The text on the archway (pailou) reads "Natural Museum" (…

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