Items

• Dr. Kyle and Alice Simpson in their Pontiac Home, 1972
  Kyle and Alice pose for a portrait in front of silk banners given to them as gifts upon their departure from the mission field in 1926.
• Postcard of Dragon and Phoenix Statues, Summer Palace, Beijing, 1949
  A pair of golden statues - one of a five-clawed dragon, the other of a standing phoenix - on platforms in a courtyard in front of a temple building at the Summer Palace, Beijing. The front of the temple appears to be shrouded in cloth coverings behind tall painted columns. Grass grows in the crevices of the stone steps in the background.
• Chiang Kaishek Approaching Soldiers on Field
  Chiang Kai-shek stands on a field with cape and hat to his chest in front of a row of men, one saluting. Two other soldiers approach, also with hats off. In the background, a row of parked cars can be seen next to a large open structure.
• Portrait of Alice and Wilda Simpson, 1926
  Alice and Wilda Simpson pose on the porch of a brick building with a tricycle and toy wagon in front of them.
• Group Portrait of Christian Congregation and Missionaries, Fowchow
  A large group of Chinese and foreign missionaries pose for a formal portrait on the steps of a large brick building decorated with flower garlands. Rev. and Mrs. Morgan can be seen at the center of the second row. Alice and Kyle Simpson are at far left front and center back, respectively. Chinese women at front wear traditional Han style jackets and trousers with natural feet.
• Alice Simpson posing with Staff and Students of Government School, Fowchow, 1922
  Formal group portrait of staff and students on the steps of the Government Girls School at Fuling, Sichuan. The men wear scholars gowns and caps. The graduating girls wear a variety of traditional Chinese and modified modernized garments. Alice Simpson is seated third from right in front row wearing a mink stoll.
• Lottie Small and Children at Behluding
  Lottie Small (wife of Walter Small) posing with her four children on the tennis court at Behluhding. The girls wear large white bows in their hair. The baby sits on Lottie's lap. She must be sitting on an unseen chair. Mountains can be seen in the background.
• Group Portrait of Attendees at Kyle Simpson's Ordination, 1919.
  Formal group portrait of twelve men in suits.
• Portrait of the Simpsons on Porch with Dog, 1918
  Formal portrait of Alice, Kyle and Janet Simpson seated in wicker chairs on a stone porch. Kyle Simpson holds baby Janet and a Chinese fan. A dog lies in front of Alice. Behind the couple is a wooden door in a brick building.
• Alice Simpson with Children and Pony, Chengdu
  Alice Simpson poses with five children on a lawn in Chengdu, 1917. The boy sits atop a Chinese pony. A baby is seated in a stroller.
• Small Buddhist Temple at Kwanhsien, 1917
  Small building with tiled roof and arched entranceway through stone fence. Corn grows in the foreground. Wooded mountains are seen in the background.
• Alice and Janet Simpson at Kwanhsien, July 1917
  Alice Simpson sits on a chair on a stone porch with baby Janet on her lap.
• Business Card of Ding Lemei
  Formal portrait of Ding Lemei on the front of his business card, which also included his name and place of residence in Chinese characters. David Crockett Graham reports that Ding worked with him at an enquirers meeting in Suifu in 1914. So he was in West China when the Simpsons were, although we don't know exactly when and where they encountered him.
• Dr. Kyle Simpson Portrait
  Mounted formal portrait of Kyle Simpson as a young man. This photo was taken while Kyle was serving as an intern for a year at Old Grace Hospital in Pontiac, Detroit, MI.
• Simpson-Estabrook Wedding, Chengdu, 1916
  Formal portrait of members of the Simpson-Estabrook wedding party and guests. Dr. Omar Kilborn stands to the far left back row. Other missionary guests are yet to be identified.
• Annual WMS Conference, Chengdu, 1915
  Formal portrait of eighteen delegates to the annual WMS Conference in Chengdu in 1915. They are seated on the steps of the new Women's Hospital, run by the Canadian Methodist Mission.
• Union Normal School for Young Women, Chengdu, 1915
  Formal group photograph of Chinese women students in the Union Normal School for Young Women. The students in the front row are proudly displaying their "natural feet" beneath their long skirts, modeled after Western styles. Irene Chambers is fourth from left; Alice Estabrook is sixth from left. In the background are wooden lattice window frames. Rolled bamboo mats are hanging from the ceiling ready to unroll to enclose the porch in the evening or inclement weather.
• Missionary Community at Luchow
  Fourteen missionaries, a baby and a lap dog pose for a semi-formal portrait in what appears to be the courtyard of a compound. One elderly missionary in the center of the photograph wears Chinese style clothing. Alice is third from left in front row.
• Scene in Foochow's Suburbs
  The scene depicts three men working at a ditch with a water conveyor to move water up to the stone path. One of them is waving to the camera. At the top of the conveyor a woman carries two water buckets along the stone path. Alice describes her hairstyle on the back of this postcard. In the background are small houses.
• Houseboat on Yangtze Above Chongqing
  A large houseboat in the middle of a relatively narrow river. Taken from an elevated shore. Mountains in the background.
• Chinese Flying Kites
  Panoramic view overlooking a harbor believed to be Yichang, Sichuan. In the foreground, a group of people are flying kites. An unidentified industrial structure can also be seen on the beach. In the background, one can see numerous junks and houseboats in the harbor, with mountain ranges forming the opposite river coast.
• Yangtze Junk in Full Sail
  A Chinese "junk" with sail raised against a background of one of the Yangtze River gorges.
• 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.
• New WMS Missionaries, Yichang, 1910
  Seven women pose on a ladder aboard a steamer. All of them except Alice are looking to their right, as if they had spotted land. Alice Estabrook's caption explains the time, place and people, serving as a corrective to the information provided for the same photograph in the Johns Family Collection.
• 1910-1911 Alice Estabrook’s First Yangtze River Journey
  Alice Lessing Estabrook set said for China under the Women’s Missionary Society (of Canada) banner, reaching China on November 29th, 1910. Travelling up the Yangtze River with other new women missionaries and one seasoned missionary, she reached Chengdu on March 8th, 1911. In total, Alice spent over three months on steamboats and houseboats in the interior of China on her way to her mission field in West China. Images in this Event document her journey, many of them with interesting captions by Alice herself.