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• Workers Pounding a Tennis Court 1
  A group of workmen hold pounding implements while another pair of workers adjusts a level on the ground to ensure that the new tennis courts will be flat. Since the men wear queues, we can tell that this is before the 1911 Republican Revolution. Buildings of the WCUU can be seen in the background
• Men Cutting Timber at Chengdu 2
  Three pairs of men work crosscut saws along a large piece of timber in order to cut planks. According to Alfred Johns, they are preparing timber to build a new hospital on the West China Union University campus.
• Men Cutting Timber at Chengdu 1
  Three pairs of men work crosscut saws along a large piece of timber in order to cut planks. According to Alfred Johns, they are preparing timber to build a new hospital on the West China Union University campus.
• Wheelbarrow with Driver
  A wheelbarrow driver stands, waiting to take a passenger in his cart while a crowd of onlookers gaze at the camera. A mud hut of some sort is in the background.
• Sling for Carrying a Large Stone
  Six men work in unison with a sling device in order to transport a large stone. Alfred Johns drew a picture of the sling device on the back of the photograph.
• Farmers Carrying Crops
  A group of farmers carry large bales of grain on their back along a stone road. Another man's back can be seen in the foreground.
• Christmas Dinner Menu 1912
  Handwritten menu of Christmas dinner enjoyed by missionary party heading to Sichuan after the 1912 evacuation. The party consisted of five women (three of them single from WMS) and Fred Johns. The main course of roast goose was accompanied by soup, several vegetable dishes, condiments, fruit and several desert dishes.
• Fred Abrey, Shanghai 1912
  Fred Abrey (husband of Elsie Abrey) strolls along a paved sidewalk in front of a Western style brick building in Shanghai's bund, 1912. A large building can be seen in the background to the right.
• Elsie Abrey, Shanghai 1912
  Elsie Abrey (wife of Fred Abrey) strolls along a paved sidewalk in front of a Western style brick building in Shanghai's bund, 1912. She holds two books in her hand.
• Portrait of Mrs. Bateman with Her Daughters
  Mrs. Alice Bateman (wife of Rev. Wm. Bateman) is seated with her newborn baby (Aileen Hartley) on her lap and small daughter Dorothy at her side. Aileen died going upriver to Sichuan, while Alice died at Mt. Emei in 1913. According to Martin Johns, this was due to the fact that they refused to get the small pox vaccination, which the rest of the party received in Shanghai.
• Mrs. Bateman with Her Two Daughters
  Mrs. Alice Bateman (wife of Rev. Wm. Bateman) is seated with her newborn baby (Aileen Hartley) on her lap and small daughter Dorothy at her side. Aileen died going upriver to Sichuan, while Alice died at Mt. Emei in 1913. According to Martin Johns, this was due to the fact that they refused to get the small pox vaccination, which the rest of the party received in Shanghai.
• Family of Richard Samuel Taylor in Shanghai
  Richard and Evelina Taylor with baby riding on wheelbarrow with another missionary man (likely Fred Abrey or Bill Mortimore) 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.
• Riding Donkeys in Shanghai 1912
  Sadie (left) and Parker (right) Bayne with an unidentified missionary woman (middle) ride Chinese donkeys in front of a brick wall or building in Shanghai's foreign concession. The woman in the middle rides sidesaddle as was the custom for women in those days. The donkeys are equipped with harnesses, blankets and bells.
• Mortimore Children with Chinese Amah
  The Mortimore children, Marion, Frank and baby, are accompanied by their Chinese amah on a sidewalk in the foreign concession of Shanghai. They stand on a sidewalk in front of a Western style building. Marion has a doll in a toy stroller. Frank wears a dress, which was common for boys at the time. The amah wears a silk gown and trousers with "lotus shoes" covering her bound feet.
• Dr. Mabel Mortimore with Three Children
  Dr. Mabel Mortimore (wife of Rev. William Mortimore) crouches on the edge of the sidewalk next to her three children, Marion, Frank and the baby seated in a high chair. In front of the baby is a toy bear playing a xylophone. In the background is an empty paved street and the façade of a large brick building in Western style architecture.
• Wushan Temple on the Yangtze River
  Wushan was the first town in Sichuan Province when heading upstream on the Yangtze River towards Chongqing. It is now in the Chongqing Municipality. In 1912 Wushan city officials were responsible for collecting tariffs for the Sichuan government. The photograph shows the massive rock island on the left and the Wuhan Temple on the hill above to the right, marking the entrance to the Wu Gorge.
• Famine Relief Workers Building Yurt
  Several dozen dike workers from the famine relief project, with shovels, on top of the dike wall. A dozen of them are constructing a yurt. On the left of the image, some thatched roof houses from the villages can be seen.
• Busy Famine Relief Workers
  Wide angle shot of the dike workers, many of them wearing straw hats, transporting wheelbarrows full of dirt across the field. The foreground features a child with a bicycle. On the left, in the background, is a tall pole of unknown purpose.
• Panoramic Scene at Famine Relief Site
  Wide angle shot of the dike project, featuring several hundred workers digging. The project is taking place in a large field, where a few trees can be seen.
• Famine Relief Worksite with Yurt in Background
  Group of several dozen workers with shovels. Two supervisors look upon the men in more formal attire, wearing shoes. Several workers in the background are constructing a yurt.
• Families Who Are Victims of the Famine
  Group of a dozen parents and children crowded together. The woman in the front has a basket. Most of the people have pained expressions on their faces, and are directly facing the camera. They are wearing simple cotton garments and are standing amongst thatched roof buildings in a street.
• Queue for Famine Relief
  A group of about three dozen peasants with baskets to carry away the food the missionaries are supplying for the famine relief project. They also have small white pieces of paper in their hands that may be used to record the food they are given. The group is in front of a brick building, and there is a straw broom in the foreground.
• Malnourished Child
  Young emaciated Chinese child with an unhappy expression, wearing baggy garments and sitting on the ground in the dirt. He and the other person in the picture are barefoot. Taken at the scene of famine relief activities, this photograph was probably taken to illustrate a famine victim for the purposes of gaining support abroad.
• Mud and Rubble at Famine Relief Dike
  As an aspiring scientist - Alfred Johns taught mathematics at WCUU - Johns was no doubt fascinated with the engineering involved with the famine relief work. He must have had some reason for taking this photo of mud and rubble against a wall.
• Alfred Johns with Two Chinese Colleagues
  Alfred Johns poses in front of a brick building with two Chinese colleagues. The man on Johns' right wears a zhongshan suit made popular by Sun Yat Sen, while the man on Johns' left wears a cheongsam or scholar's gown. Both of these styles of Chinese dress indicate that these individuals are educated.