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First issue of The True Record

The True Record was a pictorial magazine published in Shanghai, China, between June 1912 and March or April 1913. The magazine was established by brothers Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu as the nascent Republic of China was seeking to develop a new culture after centuries of Qing rule. It sought to monitor the new republic, report the welfare of the people, promote socialism, and distribute world knowledge. Under the Gaos and fellow editor Huang Binhong, the magazine published seventeen issues and expanded its reach from China through Southeast Asia to Hawaii. Supportive of Sun Yat-sen and the nationalist movement, the magazine was critical of Provisional President Yuan Shikai and closed during a time when he was consolidating his power. Articles covered such topics as art, current events, technology and politics. Despite having been published for less than one year, The True Record has been described as one of the most important illustrated magazines of the first years of the Republic of China. (Full article...)

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Big Sky is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gallatin County and Madison County, in the southwest of the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 3,591, up from 2,308 in the 2010 census. The primary industry of the area is tourism. Big Sky is located close to Yellowstone National Park along the western edge of Gallatin County and the eastern edge of Madison County, on U.S. Route 191. It is approximately midway between West Yellowstone and Bozeman, being around 45 miles (72 km) by road from each. This photograph shows a snow-covered sunset view of Lone Mountain, located near Big Sky Resort and about 7 miles (11 km) west of the town center of Big Sky.

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