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Elson's Farewell Firecrackers Smoke from the firecrackers obscures the foregrounf. In the background can be seen an unidentified group of people on the steps of the Elsons' verandah.
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Elson Verandah with Firecrackers The Elson verandah with a group of unidentified missionary women and a Chinese soldier with his back turned. Long sticks with firecrackers lean up against the porch awaiting the moment to launch the send off salute.
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05 Lower Yangtze River Sailboat A Chinese boat with two sails raised out on the open water near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
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07 Hankow Harbour with Workmen Wide view of the harbour at Hankow with many workmen in the foreground, a steamer at the dock on the far left, and a warehouse projecting into the water on the right.
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18 Gold-sifters on the Yangtze River Seven men stand on a rocky field working a device that is used to sift for gold. They are wearing cotton shirts and trousers with turbans and bare feet. This is probably at Fuling on the Yangtze River about 75 miles east of Chongqing.
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20 Mrs. Cordelia Stewart's Grave Near Chongqing Photo depicts a grassy field or hill with two wooden grave markers in the foreground and a large stone grave mausoleum in the background. Bouquets of flowers are placed near the grave markers. The closest marker has a Chinese character on it. The middle one is the grave of Mrs. Stewart, who died on her first trip up the Yangtze River. This was January, 1910, the year before the Johns were making the trip from late 1910 to early 1911.
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08 Postcard of Myrtle Johns in Hankow Myrtle Johns sits in a rickshaw on the bund in Hankow with foreign buildings in the background. The man who pulls the rickshaw stands in front holding the poles to pull it. Myrtle wears a floor length skirt with matching jacket, a fur stole, leather gloves and a huge hat. The driver wears a cotton jacket and trousers with sandals and a brimmed hat.
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01 Postcard of the Empress of Japan, 1910 Hand tinted photograph of the ocean liner, the Empress of Japan, with the mountains of Vancouver Harbour in the background. The Johns left from Victoria, BC, however.
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Group Portrait of Walter and Lottie Small Wedding Wedding party posing in front of steps. Alfred Johns appears at back directly above Walter Small, the groom. Second from right in front row is Dr. Leslie Kilborn.
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1911 Revolution in Chengdu This event begins with news that the Chengdu Yamen has ordered all missionaries to move inside the city walls. It continues with the Johns' confinement in the Canadian Methodist Mission's new hospital (Sept. 6th - Nov. 17th, 1911) to the various activities around Chengdu on November 25th, 1911, which include the induction of new leadership and Walter and Lottie Small's wedding.
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17 Rapids through a Narrow Pass of the Yangtze River Gorges A lone missionary wearing a pith helmet stands on a rocky shore next to a narrow passage of water between two cliff faces.
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16 Rapids with Missionary Standing on Rocky Shore A lone missionary wearing a pith helmet stands on a rocky shore overlooking a river rapids with mountains in the background. Passengers or crew members on the bows of both boats watch the procedure.
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09 Johns' and Abreys' Houseboat Beached for the Night between Hankow and Ichang Houseboat with sail down anchored at a rocky shoreline with a calm Yangtze River and rocky opposite shore in background. Inscription on the back describes the scene. The location is likely the first overnight stop on the houseboat after leaving the steamboat at Hankow (current Wuhan), which would have been near present day Yanziwo, Hubei. Frederick William Baller wrote grammar books with Wade-Giles romanization.
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19 A Chinese Cemetery with a Wealthy Man's Grave in Foreground Scene shows a hillside covered with graves. In the foreground is a very large mausoleum with three tiers, said to be the grave of a wealthy man. A lone leafless tree stands on the grave partially obscurring a mountain range in the background behind.
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14 Trackers Pulling Johns's and Abrey's Houseboats A large group of men called "trackers" on a rocky shoreline pull a junk (Chinese houseboat) up river by means of long ropes. These trackers are probably the crew of the junk who would also row the boat when conditions permitted. Further up river in the Yangtze Gorges, up to 100 additional local trackers were needed to get the boats through the rapids.
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11 Houseboat Stuck on Sandbar with Military Men in Foreground Seven men with various guns and amunition stand on the shore in the foreground. In the background a dozens of men are attempting to dislodge a large houseboat from being stuck on a sandbar. A group of passengers stand on board awaiting the outcome. The boat flies a Canadian flag of that time period.
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10 Two Houseboats on Yangtze with Four Missionaries Two houseboats are seen anchored on the shore with two missionaries standing in foreground - Gordon Jones on right and unknown on left. Two missionary women are on the boat on the left. Also on that boat can be seen a Chinese mother and child, and many crew members on the deck. Similarly, the crew on the right boat are out on the deck, probably preparing and eating a meal.
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13 Village on the Yangtze River with Smoke Rising This image, which bears the caption "Yangtze Village on River," portrays a village with copious amounts of smoke rising and a pagoda in the background. Is this the normal smoke from evening hearth fires, or a tragic event of warfare or banditry?
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12 A Chinese Gunboat on the Yangtze A boat with flags is parked at the river shoreline where several women are washing their clothes in the water. The boat has several flags folded above the cabin. Steep cliffs are seen on the opposite shore in the background.
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06 Sailboat on Lower Yangtze River Small sailboat with two crew members in the waters of the lower Yangtze where it is wide and calm. The flat countryside of the opposite shoreline is visible in the background.
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04 Vaccination Party on Yangtze Steamer Three rows of tightly packed missionary men, women and children pose with their sleeves rolled up while having their smallpox vaccinations on board a steamer on the Lower Yangtze. One man appears to be having a dose of chlorophorm to put him out during the vaccination. Most of the others are smiling proudly for having gotten their shots.
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02 Canadian Missionaries Aboard the Empress of Japan, 1910 Six Canadian missionary couples on board the Empress of Japan enroute to begin their missionary careers in West China. Top row: Rev. Thomas Bateman, Dr. David McKinley, Alfred Johns, Fred Abrey, Gordon Jones. Middle row: Mrs. Elsie Abrey, Mrs. Myrtle Johns, Dr. Omar Kilborn, Dr. Retta Kilborn, Mrs. Susie Mabel McKinley. Front row: Mrs. Clara Jones, Roland Kenneth Kilborn, Mrs. Alice Bateman. The Kilborns are the only seasoned missionaries in the group.
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Mrytle & Fred Johns Wedding Portrait Upper body portrait of Alfred and Myrtle Madge Johns on the occasion of their wedding at UsborneTwp, near Exeter, ON.
1910-1911 Johns' First Yangtze River Journey
1911 Johns' Mt. Omei Trek
1911-1912 Nationalist Revolution Evacuation
1912 Famine Relief
