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• Gordon Jones Listening to the Radio
  Gordon Jones sits in front of a radio in a wooden cabinet, adjusting the dial to get reception. There is a framed embroidery or painting in the background.
• Clara and Gordon Jones at Dai Gia Hong
  Gordon stands while Clara sits on a wicker chair in front of the doorway to their summer cottage in the hills across from Chongqing. Gordon wears a two piece suit and tie. Clara wears a white blouse and skirt. There is a pair of shoes on the porch behind Clara.
• Clara Jones with Kitten
  Clara pets a small kitten in a bowl on top of a Chinese side table. The background is not clear. Clara wears a white blouse and ankle-length skirt.
• Servants of the Jones's
  A group of four servants employed by the Jones. The man seated left front wears a scholars' gown, vest and cloth shoes. He is sitting in formal posture to indicate his relatively high status as the cook, head of household. The household "amah" or "daniang" is sitting right front. She is wearing traditional dress consisting of a short jacket over trousers with bound feet. The two men standing behind them are dressed the same as the cook. They pose on a stone porch in front of a shuttered window.
• Missionary Group on Steps to Temple Pool
  Taken in a temple garden on semi-circular stairs leading into a pool or lily pond. A group of five adult and six children pose at the top of the steps. Trees and temple buildings can be seen in the background.
• Clara with Cinnamon the Dog
  Clara stands in front of a window on a porch where a medium-sized dog is eating from a bowl. Clara is wearing an ankle-length skirt and an outerwear cardigan.
• Clara and Gordon Jones on Stone Steps
  Clara and Gordon Jones pose casually on stone steps. Gordon wears a three piece suit with a watchchain. Clara wears an ankle-length skirt with an outerwear cardigan. She is smiling for the camera.
• Gordon Jones the Engineer
  Gordon stands on a paved sidewalk holding a walking stick. He is wearing a linen suit with a pith helmet and work boots. There is a building under construction in the background.
• Gordon Jones Learning Chinese Language
  Gordon Jones and his Chinese language teacher sit at a table with books. Gordon is writing with a pen. There is an ornamental fireplace and couch in the room. The back of Gordon's head and Edwin Meuser taking the photo can be seen in the mirror in the background.
• The Taylors in Shanghai
  Richard and Evelina Taylor with baby riding on wheelbarrow with Parker Bayne pretending to be the coolie who pedaled the vehicle. The actual wheelbarrow driver stands to the far left behind a Chinese policeman or soldier. In the background is a paved Shanghai street in front of a Western-style brick building.
• Clara German with Wedding Guests
  Clara (left) on her wedding day posing with an unidentified missionary couple and their small child. They are at the Club Hotel, which can be seen in the background.
• Clara German at Japanese Language School
  A group of missionaries pose casually in front of a sign. There are six women and one man. Clara German is second from right.
• Clara German in Yokohama
  Clara poses under her sun umbrella at a scenic spot in Japan. There is a wooden porch behind her with mountains in the distance. She wears a white blouse and skirt.
• Clara German and Gordon Jones Wedding
  Clara and Gordon pose before a fence in a garden. Clara wears a white bodice and skirt with a pith helmet with a bow on top. She holds a white umbrella. Gordon wears a white suit and holds a pith helmet. They both wear white shoes.
• The Canadian Business Agency Staff
  Gordon and Clara Jones are seated for a formal portrait with a group of ten Chinese staff members, two of them women (front row right). Taken on the verandah of the Canadian Methodist Mission Business Agency in Chongqing.
• The Canadian School with People in Front
  A large four story building with large ornamental steps leading up to the front door. Numerous people mill about in the front yard.
• View from Canadian School Dormitory, Chongqing
  The scene depicts a pond, perhaps Duckling Pond, in a shallow valley surrounded by terraced fields. A group of buildings is at the left. Pathways crisscross the pond.
• Laura Riddell with Students on Lawn
  Laura Riddell seated on a lawn with students reading a book. The brick wall and stone steps of the Canadian School in West China, Chongqing branch, is in the background.
• Laura Riddell, Teacher at Canadian School in West China
  Laura Riddell seated in a wicker chair reading a book in a drawing room with a roll up desk in one corner with a Chinese vase and possibly a candlestick on top of it. Another desk has a model Chinese junk on it and two Chinese candlesticks. There is a Chinese carpet on the floor.
• Luchow Students Preparing to Take Group Photograph
  A group of six missionary women with young Chinese students preparing to take a group photograph. The missionary teachers are guiding a middle row of students into place while a man, possibly the photographer, positions the children in seated on the ground in the front row. Some of the girls in the middle row have braided hair to below their waists. The missionaries are wearing pith helmets.
• Luchow Female Students with Missionary Teachers
  A group portrait of missionary women school teachers with two rows of female students, one standing and another seated. Taken on a lawn in front of a brick wall. The missionaries all wear versions of pith helmets with shirtwaists and skirts. The children mostly wear scholars' gowns (AKA changshan and qipao), indicating their status as students. They all have their hair dressed in traditional female styles.
• Luchow Dispensary Gordon Jones's Building
  Medium sized brick building with a shorter second story on one half of it. There are two doors, one on each portion of the building.
• Junghsien Hospital Compound
  Taken from a grassy hill overlooking rooftops, a panoramic view of the hospital compound shows three or more substantial buildings within the compound and two long rectangular buildings built into the compound wall in the foreground. Rolling hills are in the background.
• Junghsien Hospital Women's Wing
  A double verandahed building similar in style to missionary homes. The building appears to be in the process of construction by the piles of bricks and unkempt appearance around its base. A person sits on the ground on the lower verandah. Another person appears to be sweeping behind a column nearby. Other buildings can be seen in the background.
• Placing a Roof Beam, Junghsien Hospital
  A large group of workmen carry poles up a wooden plank. Another group secures a large beam in place while building the roof of the hospital. Another roof beam appears to be already in place on the right side of the photo. A Chinese grave is seen on a hill in the far left background. The caption is written on the front along with the number 3.