Sneak Peek

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  Missionaries on a Grassy Hill

  Five missionary men and women sit on the grass at the foot of a tree. A man's leg and foot can be seen in a crotch of the tree.
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  Luzhou Church Altar

  The interior of the church in Luchow, showing the altar painted in the style of Chinese Heavenly Gates, with Chinese inscriptions and a gua (melon) symbol above, which might be a window.
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  Charlotte Brooks and Friend on Front Porch

  Charlotte Brooks and a friend sit on the concrete steps of a missionary home with a small dog in front of them. The steps are lined with potted plants and a chair and bench are on the porch behind.
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  Salt Operations at Zigong Waterfront

  The scene depicts a smal group of stucco buildings on a hilly shoreline with several tall bamboo salt well derricks. Small boats are lined up along the shoreline.
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  Home of Charlotte Brooks, Luzhou

  Three women stand in the front yard of a Chinese style stucco house with lattice windows and a bamboo fence. A larger two-story brick missionary home stands to the right of it.
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  Luzhou Mission Station Dispensary

  Light brick building composed of two parts, each with a door, and one with two stories.
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  Missionaries on Would Family's Front Lawn

  A group of eight or nine missionaries, two children and a baby stand on the front lawn of a missionary home in which the Rev. and Mrs. Would reside. The house is built in the two-story balcony style common among missionary homes in Sichuan.
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  Women Missionaries and Chinese Students at Luzhou

  Students at the Luzhou girls school assemble for a group portrait. A man squats in front of a seated row of students, while another row of students walks into place behind under the supervision of six female missionaries, all wearing pith helmets. A house and trees can be seen behind a brick fence in the background.
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  Group Portrait of Luzhou Girls' Day School Students

  A large group of children are assembled for a group portrait in the courtyard of the school in Luzhou. There are two Chinese men behind them. With few exceptions, both teachers and children wear changshan (scholar's gowns), some with trousers underneath. The girls appear to have natural feet, as that was a prerequisite to school attendance in both mission and government schools.
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  Lime Kiln on the Yangtze River

  This gives a close view of the lime kiln on the Yangtze River shoreline, depicting a great cascade of lime kiln dust (LKD) flowing from the rocky hillside to the water. A mine shaft can be seen half way down the cascade on the left side of the image.
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  Landscape of Rice Fields and Hillside Graves

  Looking down a valley with terraced rice fields and hillside graves on either side. The graves are grassy mounds, some with stone stelae on them.
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  Panorama of Luzhou on the Upper Yangtze

  Two photos of Luzhou taken from a hill above the city are stitched together not quite perfectly to create a panoramic scene. In the foreground one can pick out the city wall in both photos. In the middle right there is a white seven-tiered pagoda near the shoreline. Beyond the shore, there is a peninsula jutting out into the bend in the Yangtze River with a few buildings on it. To the left is the Tuo River.