Casting a concrete cornice, Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1923

"Casting concrete cornice - Sage Building Peking University China" A worker stands next to a pile of bricks, under a wooden scaffolding, in front of a partially completed brick wall. Construction materials lie scattered about.; Peking University changed its name to Yenching University after 1912 when the Chinese government university was named Peking University. It was later known as Yanjing da xue.