Dr. Simpson and Party Aboard a Steamer

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Title: Dr. Simpson and Party Aboard a Steamer See all items with this value
Caption: EKS and other foreigners aboard the steamer Siang Yang Maru See all items with this value
Identifier: SEFA_037
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p7
Description: E. Kyle Simpson (front row left) poses with Rev., Mrs. and Margaret Quirmbach, and five other men aboard the steamer Siang Yang Maru. Notwithstanding the caption on the photo, which says Ichang, this steamer was a large boat that plied the passage between Shanghai and Hankow. It was one of three Nisshin Kisen steamers that began operation in 1907. See all items with this value
Commentary: The two men at the back row far left were probably Fred and George Rountree. Fred was the British architect who created the plan for WCUU, and George was his brother. The pair first met the Canadian Methodist party in Hankow, Feb. 26, after making arrangements to travel together through the CMM Toronto headquarters. They were in E. Kyle Simpson's party of four houseboats between Yichang and Wanhsien, where they departed to take the overland route to Chengdu. See all items with this value
Date Created: 1913-02-28
Location: Hankow (Wuhan, Hubei) See all items with this value
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/11494351/hankow.html
Event: 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format: Photographic print
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe. See all items with this value
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-09-28
Contributor: Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe; Richenda George; Andrew George
Type: Still Image
References: Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Luchow, China, Chungking, West China, April 11, 1913; Fred Rowntree: The Architect of a Chinese University; SIANG YANG MARU 襄陽丸, a Shanghai-Hankou steamer, with passengers on deck, Shanghai; Richenda George, Ed. Architectural Oddysey: Fred Rountree's Letters from China (AJTG Press, 2024)
People: Dr. E. Kyle Simpson

Media: SEFA_037_Simpson Album p7 EKS and other foreigners at Yichang aboard the steamer Siang Yang Maru.jpg

Resource class: Image