WMS Missionaries Treat a Houseboat Crew Member

Item

Title
WMS Missionaries Treat a Houseboat Crew Member
Caption
1910 WMS Party members on a houseboat treating a Chinese man
Identifier
SEFA_130
Alternative Identifier
Simpson Album p39
Description
Two Women's Missionary Society (WMS, associated with the Canadian Methodist Mission) treat a crew member for lice on board their houseboat while traveling up the Yangtze River to West China for the first time. Another crew member can be seen on top of the cabin. In the foreground are ropes used by the trackers to pull the boat upstream through the rapids.
Commentary
Compared with other photos of this group, the woman on the left might be Ethel McPherson. The woman on the right cannot be identified.
Date Created
1910-1911
Location
Yangtze River
Original Format
Photographic print
Source
Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance
Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by Kyle Jolliffe.
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2025-04-02
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
Resource class
Image