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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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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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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.
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Dayfoot Wedding Best Man and Bridesmaid Best man, Rev. John Stinson, and unknown bridesmaid sit at small desks set up on the lawn about 20 yards away from the hospitality tent, which can be seen in the background. They appear to be writing, each with their own book or other memento (it is unclear upon what the bridesmaid is writing).
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Guests Relaxing at the Dayfoot Wedding Five wedding guests are seated on chairs under the tent on the lawn at the Dayfoot wedding. There are five missionary women in floral ankle length gowns, one man in a suit and one Chinese woman wearing a qipao dress. The latter appears to be joking with someone to her right who is out of the frame. The woman next to her is also looking that way. She also appears in DS_012.
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Bessie Julien Dayfoot Relaxing at Wedding Bessie Julien Dayfoot sits in a wicker chair holding a cup of tea. Beams, rope and shade suggest she is under a tent. A tea service can be seen on the table to her left. In the background, some figures are standing in a group around small desks where the best man and bridesmaid are seated.
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Dayfoot Wedding Accidental Shot Bessie Julien Dayfoot stands at the left side of the frame while an unknown older woman walks towards the camera on the right. Neither woman is posing for the camera. There is a large white streak from top to bottom over this woman's left arm.
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Dayfoot Wedding Candid Portrait Standing on a lawn with flowers, trees and a building in the background, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, Bessie Julien Dayfoot and an unknown bridesmaid are caught off guard in a candid photo while posing for portraits.
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Dayfoot Wedding Party Portrait The Dayfoot wedding party poses on a lawn - left to right: Rev. John Stinson, unknown bridesmaid, Bessie Julien Dayfoot and Rev. Arthur Dayfoot.
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Bessie Julien Dayfoot with Bridesmaid Bride Bessie Julien Dayfoot poses with her bridesmaid (unknown) in front of a tent on a lawn with foliage and a building with Chinese style roof in the background.
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Dayfoot Wedding Portrait with Bride, Groom and Best Man Bride Bessie Julien is flanked by her groom, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, on her right and best man, Rev. John Stinson, on her left. The men wear dark single-breasted jackets with white shirts and white flannel trousers. Bessie wears a white satin full length bridal gown.
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Dayfoot Wedding Portrait in Front of Ivy-Covered Building Bride Bessie Julien and groom, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, pose on a lawn in front of a building covered with ivy. The arched doorway is visible in the background. The couple appear in the bottom left foreground from their knees upward.
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Arthur and Bessie Dayfoot Happy Wedding Portrait Outdoor portrait of Rev. Arthur Dayfoot and Bessie Julien smiling broadly on their wedding day in Chengdu. Bessie wears white satin long sleeved dress and holds bouquet with calla lilies.
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Dayfoot Wedding Party and Guests Portrait Formal portrait with Art and Bessie Dayfoot flanked by wedding party members, including Rev. John Stinson to Art's right and Dr. Harrison Mullett to Bessie's left.
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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.