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• Fishing Junks on the Lower Yangtze River
  Several clusters of junks with the sails raised float on a clear still expanse of water.
• Sichuan Railroad Terminal at Yichang
  Double photograph creates a panorama of the railroad station, tracks and surrounding terrain. The terminal is a large Western-style brick building surrounded by an expanse of flat land with low hills in the background. The tracks in front of the building are laid in a ditch carved out of the flat land.
• Yichang Waterfront Scene
  Looking across the water at Yichang harbor, with many small watercraft in the foreground, many more parked at docks and the city in the background.
• Zōjō-ji Temple at Shiba Park, Tokyo
  A group of foreigners, two men and two women, stand on the steps to the temple, while a Japanese man stands on the street near a rickshaw. An electric streetcar is stopped on the road across from the temple entrance while power lines crisscross the intersection.
• Group of WMS Women with Fur Muffs
  Six women pose standing in a row wearing fall or winter coats, large hats, fur muffs and purses.
• Group of Unidentified Missionary Women
  Ten women in fall or winter coats, large hats and some with muffs or purses, standing in a group with other people in the background.
• Pacific Ocean from the Back of a Ship
  The photo shows water and waves extending entirely across the image into the horizon. A frothy trail in the foreground shows this was taken from the back end of a boat, the steamer SS Monteagle.
• E. Kyle Simpson aboard the SS Monteagle
  Dr. E. Kyle Simpson leans on the railing of the steamer, SS Monteagle, with one foot up on the railing and his hat in his hand. The ocean can be seen in the background.
• Chinese Storefront on a Paved Road
  A brick storefront with Chinese characters flanking the doorway and English and Chinese letters above the doorway. Two large windows display what appear to be shoes and boots. Two men dressed in Chinese workmen's clothes gaze into one of the windows with their backs to the camera. The sidewalk and street in front of the store are paved.
• RS6681 Jolliffe Album
  Scrapbook of Jolliffe family photographs and ephemera with captions.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Trackers at Work with WMS Party on Shore
  The scene shows a group of trackers on the Upper Yangtze River pulling a boat that it out of the frame to the left. Supervisors look in that direction to oversee its progress. The trackers are bent over at right angles under the weight of the boat. In the background can be seen three or four members of Alice Estabrook's WMS party, with what look like baggage, on the shore.
• Foreigner in a Sedan Chair
  Three or four carriers transport a foreigner, most likely Rev E Kyle Simpson, in a sedan chair. Simpson wears a high white collar and dark suit. The carriers wear turbans and cotton trousers and jackets.
• Foreign Gunboats on the Lower Yangtze
  Two gunboats in the foreground and another in the background, probably at the mouth of the Yangtze River, near Shanghai. A third gunboat of the same or similar design can be seen in the background. Two Chinese boats are in the water between the two large boats. The two gunboats in the foreground have two masts and a single stack, along with pairs of "torpedo tubes."
• Trackers Pulling Houseboat through Rocky Narrows
  In this scene we see a houseboat apparently passing through a very narrow channel between the rocky shore and a short promontory. Two trackers can be seen pulling the ropes in the foreground. At least two figures stand on the bow of the boat. A low mountain range can be seen on the opposite shore.
• Crew Members Eating Lunch on a Houseboat
  Looking toward the bow of a houseboat, we see a large group of crew members eating lunch in rice bowls. The men wear turbans. One of them has his clothing strapped to his back with his belt.
• WMS Missionaries Treat a Houseboat Crew Member
  Two Women's Missionary Society (WMS, associated with the Canadian Methodist Mission) treat a crew member for lice on board their houseboat while traveling up the Yangtze River to West China for the first time. Another crew member can be seen on top of the cabin. In the foreground are ropes used by the trackers to pull the boat upstream through the rapids.
• Boat with Large Rectangular Sail
  A sailboat floats peacefully on placid water, probably on the Lower Yangtze River. The sun shines through mist close to the horizon.
• Two Men Working in a Salt Evaporating Plant
  Two men work alongside a row of large steaming vats inside a salt processing plant. They are scantily dressed, as it must be very hot inside the building. The nearest man has a surprised expression as if he were not expecting to be photographed.
• Mountain Peeks Above Cloud Cover
  The photographer is looking across a sea of clouds towards mountain peeks far in the distance. Sunlight can be seen in a crack in the clouds behind the peeks. In the sky there appears to be one or two round objects lit by the sun. However, these could also be imperfections in the photographic print. The photo could be taken from an airplane window or from another mountaintop.
• Rooftops of Small Compound in Mountain Valley
  Taken from a hilltop, the camera looks down upon the rooftops of a relatively small compound nestled within a valley. Tile roofs cover buildings and passageways that surround two courtyards. This could be a small temple or an aristocrat's household. Either way, it could possibly be serving as a missionary summer resort, or simply a compound passed on a trek.
• Buddhist Abbot with Six Priests
  The abbot sits in a formal pose on a wooden bench flanked by two large vases with flowers. He is wearing a Ming Dynasty style robe with extra-long sleeves of the type worn by all Buddhist monks. His hat designates his high rank. He is holding a pair of prayer beads. Behind him six monks stand in a row, all with shaved heads and wearing robes with slightly less billowy sleeves (except the man on the far right on whose head one can see the incense burn marks from his initiation ceremony). Behind them is a wooden wall on which are written three very large Chinese characters.
• 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.