Sneak Peek

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  Woodblock Print - The Colossal Conceit of Missionaries

  The image shows a massive figure drawn in the style of Chinese temple statues. He is wielding a sword and presiding over what appears to be a court. In a much smaller scale, a man with a doctor's bag holds the page of a book open on the desk of the court. The symbolic meaning is up for interpretation.
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  Woodblock Print - Off to School

  A family consisting of a mother, two sons and a daughter walk alongside a stone wall. The oldest boy is wearing a scout uniform, an indication of his membership in the Guomindang youth club, while his younger brother wears the zhongshan suit first popularized by Sun Yatsen. The mother and daughter wear scholars' gowns, showing their status as "New Women," an image promoted by the GMD.
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  Woodblock Print - New Dawn though the Moon Gate

  This print shows an extended family consisting of grandmother, son, daughter-in-law and three children sitting in front of a circular "moon gate." The grandmother and the baby are looking away from the gate, while the rest of the family are looking through it. The scene that appears before them is a countryside with a small cottage in the mid-ground and a rising sun in the distance. The grandmother wears the women's traditional jacket with trousers, while the son, daughter-in-law and child wear scholars' gowns.
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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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  Unidentified WCUU Building

  Two or three story building on the WCUU campus with the "Oriental-Western" style of architecture.
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  Laying the Cornerstone of the Canadian School in West China, 1918

  A large group of missionaries pose on a platform that appears to be the beginning of scaffolding. British, Canadian and American flags are hung behind them. Another unidentified flag hangs at the front of the platform. The caption explains that this was a ceremony for laying the cornerstone of the Canadian School in West China.
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  Vandeman Memorial Hall, WCUU, 1920

  The Vandeman Memorial Hall is a large three-story building in the "Oriental-Western" style of architecture typical of the WCUU campus. There is a small pagoda-like tower projecting from the roof above the front door. The building is enclosed by fences of both brick and bamboo.
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  Ackerman Memorial Dormitory, WCUU, c.1914

  This photograph shows the Ackerman Memorial Dormitory under construction very close to completion. There is scaffolding on the pagoda tower element of the building, which makes it so distinctive. To the left of the Ackerman Building is the Joyce Memorial Dormitory. Both buildings are designed in the "Oriental-Western" style of architecture.
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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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  Wheelbarrow Chair Ready for Hire

  A man facing and looking at the camera stands behind a chair on wheels ready to take on a passenger. Many bystanders look on, some carrying guns. A small building with the a thatched roof is in the background.
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  Scene at a Busy Yangtze River Port

  Houseboats and sampans swarm around a busy port house or barge with ramps to the shoreline. Small sailboats can be seen on the water to the right before a slanting hillside.