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Train trestle from Hanoi to Kunming Taken from the train on the French Indochina railway as it crosses a high bridge across a valley.
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Customs in Haiphong Missionary baggage in the care of Stewart Allen and John Stinson at the customs house with two men, one in a pith helmet. In the foreground one of the boxes is addressed to Miss Astrid Peterson, an American Baptist missionary stationed at Suifu (Yibin), Sichuan.
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Stewart Allen Guarding the Missionary Cargo in Haiphong Stewart Allen sits on top of a large box labelled "Chungking" amidst many wooden boxes of which he and John Stinson are in charge. The boxes and trunks are in front of a large brick building with columns. Another man is behind Allen wearing a pith helmet.
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Luggage on Board Ship from Hong Kong to Haiphong Three men are working with the baggage on board a ship. Several large cargo trunks are in the foreground, the closest of which bears the name "Stinson."
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Allen-Stinson Burma Road Trip, 1938 In the spring of 1938, shortly after Japan invaded Shanghai, Dr. Stewart Allen and Rev. John Stinson were charged with escorting all the missionary baggage and supplies that had been stuck in Shanghai. They took the French Indochina route into Yunnan and then the Burma Road to Chongqing, with adventures along the way.
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Woodblock Print - Threshing Rice Four men working in a rice field - two of them are tying the rice into sheaves, while the other two are threshing the sheaves in a conical wooden device for that purpose. They wear only cotton trousers.
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Myrtle Madge and Another Student Practicing Dentistry Two dental nurses pose with two child patients in the dental laboratory at the School of Dentistry at the University of Toronto where Alfred Johns and Myrtle Madge met. Myrtle (right) uses a set of pliers to pull a child's tooth. The other nurse wraps a bandage around a child's head, simulating a procedure after surgery. Bottles with labels sit in rows on shelves in the background. A large book lays open on the table.
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A Man Canoeing on the Algoma River A man in a suit, tie and hat canoes on a winding river in the Algoma District of Ontario.
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Graham House in Walla Walla, WA Small wood sideboard house where David Crockett Graham lived as a teenager. In his autobiography, he mentions that his father built this house himself, David (at 14 years old) and his brother. David's father was skilled in all kinds of manual labor including farmwork and carpentry.
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Formal Portrait of David Crockett Graham's Natal Family, 1889 The Graham family sit for a formal portrait in a photography studio after the loss of David's mother, Elizabeth. Within 1888 and 1889, she and his brothers Louis, Mulford and baby Isaac would be dead (mainly by pneumonia) and the family savings totally depleted.
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George Dodds in Front of his Monument Business Storefront George Dodds (far left) stands in front of the storefront for his monument business in Xenia, Ohio, with several relatives and employees. Carved gravestones are on display in the yard or sidewalk. The three story building also housed his family, including his daughter Carrie Dodds Geyer after her husband's death, along with their three children, Mary Katharine among them.
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Actors in the Old Lady Shows Her Medals, 1922 Formal portrait of a group of thirteen missionaries standing on the steps of an unidentified building, probably at WCUU. The women wear winter coats, and the men wear woolen suits. There is one child in the front.
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Language Teacher Aboard a Houseboat, 1910 In situ portrait of Alice Estabrook's language teacher standing in front of the cabin on a Yangtze River houseboat above Yichang. He can be distinguished by his scholar's cap. The boat's mast is in the center of the image. Several boatmen can be seen sitting a top the cabin wearing white head scarves and patterned scarves over their legs. Two other boatmen are on deck behind the language teacher.
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Willmott Wedding Portrait 2 Formal portrait of Lesslie Earl Willmott and Mary Katharine Geyer on their wedding day. The groom wears a tuxedo with a white vest and bowtie. The bride wears a white dress with a three tiered skirt that was considered unconventionally short for the time period. She also sports bobbed hair.
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Johns' Language Teacher with His Family Johns' language teacher (center back) with his wife (front, second from right) with their family (front) and friends (back, right and left?). Note the men's changshan or "scholars' gowns," and the women's trousers and bound feet.
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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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Endicott House at WCUU, c1910 Large brick house of mixed European and Chinese architecture with first and second story verandahs and vines growing on the brick.
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Map of West China Mission Fields, 1902 This map shows the regions assigned to each of the missions in Sichuan by the West China Advisory Board in 1902.
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Ralph, Margaret and Judith Outerbridge Outerbridge family seated on a checkered blanket on the ground. Judith is a small child.
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Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Four Men and Camera Rev. John Stinson poses on a lawn with four unidentified men, one of whom holds a tripod with a movie camera. The hospitality tent can be seen on the left of the photo.
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Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Photographer Rev. John Stinson poses on a lawn with an unidentified man who holds a camera. The same man is seen in DS_014 with a movie camera.
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Three Dayfoot Wedding Guests with Camera Three unidentified men pose on a lawn with trees, wicker chairs and a building in the background. The man on the left holds a tripod with a movie camera.
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Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Two Guests Rev. John Stinson, best man at Rev. Arthur Dayfoot's wedding, poses on a lawn with an unidentified female guest and Dr. Harrison Mullett. The woman wears an ankle length dress with peplum and wide brimmed hat.
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Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Two Female Guests Rev. John Stinson, best man at Rev. Arthur Dayfoot's wedding, poses on a lawn with two unidentified female guests. From a letter from John Stinson dated 1947-05-15, we learn that they were singing O perfect love, Because and A Wedding Prayer. The woman on the right is the same as appears seated in DS_010.