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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Luzhou Mission Station Dispensary
  Light brick building composed of two parts, each with a door, and one with two stories.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Raft Floating on the Yangtze
  A small raft floats on the calm waters of the Yangtze River with rolling hills on the shoreline behind. The raft has a building on it, perhaps used for fishing or as someone's home.
• Houseboats Moored Along the Yangtze River Shoreline
  Taken from the "Marguerite" houseboat, a group of houseboats are shown moored near the shoreline with two smaller boats at far left. Their sails are down as they await departure. There is a rocky shoreline with rolling hills in the background.
• Marguerite, a Yangtze River Houseboat with Sail
  A Chinese houseboat in profile showing the sail, the deck and cabins. Tracker ropes can be seen coiled and looped to the side of a cabin. Unidentified people stand on the deck at the bow. A hilly shoreline can be seen in the background.
• Yangtze River Shoreline with Lime Kiln
  Taken from a boat on the Yangtze River, the image shows a lime processing operation on a distant shoreline. The limestone mining can be seen on the hillside above, while the lime kiln dust (LKD) can be seen cascading toward the water below. Two boats are moored nearby.
• 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
  Rev. Dr. Edward Kyle Simpson (known as Kyle) was born on the Scane Sideroad in Howard Township, Ontario, in 1883. After receiving his teachers’ certificate, serving a year as a student minister in Essex County, Ontario, and receiving his medical degree in 1912, Kyle joined the Canadian Methodist Mission and embarked for China in January of 1913. His steamer, the SS Monteagle, set ground in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 1913. Kyle and his party spent some time in Tokyo visiting sites and resident Protestant missionaries. The party then pushed on to Shanghai where Kyle purchased some supplies before boarding a steamer for travel up the Yangtze River towards Sichuan. It has been possible to piece together the dates of Simpson’s journey through a letter he wrote home and a blog about Fred Rountree, with whom he traveled from Hankow to Wanxian. These dates are shown in the series of Locations below. After spending at least ten days in Chongqing, from where he wrote his letter home, he then continued by houseboat to Luzhou, where he was stationed for language study for several years, while conducting some medical work among the Chinese. This event presents the photos that E. Kyle Simpson took and acquired of his first trip up the Yangtze River. He was a keen observer of culture, history, economic pursuits and engineering, taking photos of interesting things he encountered along the way. Most of the photos of the missionary party were taken by someone else with him in the photo.
• Cargo Boat on the Upper Yangtze
  A Chinese boat with a tall sail and long pole off the back end navigates the waters of the Upper Yangtze west of Chongqing. Rolling hills spotted with trees can be seen in the background.
• Boats Moored at the Shoreline
  Three boats loaded with people are moored at a beach on the Yangtze, possibly waiting their turn for passage through the Gorges.
• Yangtze River Shipping Operations
  Taken from the boat, the photo depicts a low water shoreline with goods staged for loading onto a ship or carriers, including at least one hog. A horse and numerous workers are on the shore. A cargo boat is moored ready to receive goods. Farmers' fields are growing crops in the background.
• Broken Statues at Shabaozhai Temple
  The camera looks down a cavity behind a tall wooden fence with open slats. There are numerous broken statues on the ground in the cavity. In the foreground, one statue is standing, but its head has been broken off. The caption implies that it was revolutionary rebels who perpetrated this damage.
• Caroline and Margaret Quirmbach on a Steamer
  Mrs. Caroline Quirmbach holds her daughter Margaret on the deck of a ship or steamer. A cluster of Chinese boats float on the expanse of water in the background.
• Summer Cottage in the Chongqing Hills
  Large brick house at the top of a hill with stairs leading up to it. The house appears to be a single-story building with extremely high ceilings. A person standing in front of the outbuilding provides a sense of scale.
• Group of Missionaries on Hilltop Overlooking the Yangtze
  Six women and two men pose amongst large rocks on a cliff overlooking the Yangtze River. The river and the opposite shoreline can be seen in the background.
• Bishop Harris Holding Two Children
  Bishop Harris holds two young girls, one named Ossa and the other Margaret Quirmbach. They appear to be aboard a ship or steamer. Ossa is probably Japanese.