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• Two Leaders of the 1911 Revolution
  Two Chinese men dressed in military regalia, probably the new leaders being sworn in after the proclamation in Chengdu.
• Bodyguards for the New Republic's Leaders
  Group of soldiers in uniform and standing at attention with rifles. They are standing in front of a building with Chinese lattice and characters flanking the main doorway.
• Soldiers Guarding the New Republic's Leaders
  Group of soldiers in uniform and standing at attention with rifles. They are standing in front of a building with Chinese lattice and characters flanking the main doorway.
• Crowds Gathered in Front of Temple at Start of 1911 Revolution
  Candid photo of crowds of Chinese on steps of temple as the news of the success of the 1911 Revolution began to spread in Chengdu. Same location as AEJ_61.
• Crowds Gathered in Public Square at News of 1911 Revolution
  Candid photo of crowds of Chinese gathering in a temple courtyard or public square when the news of the success of the Revolution began to circulate in Chengdu. Same location as AEJ_62.
• Proclamation of 1911 Revolution on Chengdu City Street
  Candid photo showing a crowd of Chinese in front of a written paper plastered to a brick wall that proclaimed the success of the Nationalist Revolution, Chengdu.
• Group Portrait of Missionaries Confined to the CMM Hospital, 1911
  Group portrait of over 80 missionary men, women and children who were confined within the CMM Hospital in the months leading up to the Nationalist Revolution. The building does not appear to be the CMM hospital, however.
• Arial View of Chengdu from CMM Hospital
  Photo taken from second or third story of building, likely the CMM Hospital during their confinement there in fall of 1911. A large multistory building is in the left foreground, possibly part of the Canadian Methodist Mission compound. To the right and into the distance one can see the rooftops of single storied buildings.
• The Chengdu CMM Hospital with People in Front
  View of the newly built Canadian Methodist Mission (CMM) in Chengdu before or shortly after its completion in January of 1913. It is included in the story of the evacuation because at the start of the conflict, the British consul in Chengdu ordered all missionaries to move to this hospital. 225 English-speaking missionaries resided in the unfinished building from Sept. 2nd to Nov. 17th when they were allowed to return to their own homes.
• The CMM Chengdu Hospital with People in Front
  View of the newly built Canadian Methodist Mission (CMM) in Chengdu before or shortly after its completion in January of 1913. It is included in the story of the evacuation because at the start of the conflict, the British consul in Chengdu ordered all missionaries to move to this hospital. 225 English-speaking missionaries resided in the unfinished building from Sept. 2nd to Nov. 17th when they were allowed to return to their own homes.
• 1911 Revolution in Chengdu
  This event begins with news that the Chengdu Yamen has ordered all missionaries to move inside the city walls. It continues with the Johns' confinement in the Canadian Methodist Mission's new hospital (Sept. 6th - Nov. 17th, 1911) to the various activities around Chengdu on November 25th, 1911, which include the induction of new leadership and Walter and Lottie Small's wedding.
• Dike Workers Wheeling Away Soil
  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.
• Dike Workers In the Field
  Wide angle shot of the dike construction project. The background shows several dozen men working along the dike wall with wheelbarrows and shovels. A small group in the foreground appear to be at rest near the bottom of the pits from which they are digging soil for the dike.
• Dike Builders Transporting Dirt
  A very large group of dike workers with carrying poles on their shoulders with pairs of wooden buckets filled with soil. The two supervisors are on the right. In the foreground are pits from which the soil has been taken.
• Dike Builders at Rest
  Picture of a dozen of the dike builders lounging and taking a break. Most of the individuals pictured are looking directly at the cameraman. There are two main groups, the one in the foreground, resting on the side of the dike wall, and another in the background resting near a mound of dirt. Clothes and tools are littered all about.
• Dike Builders on the Move
  Picture shows the dike builders with shovels and moving wooden buckets of dirt. In the upper left of the photo, in the background, a small forest can be seen. There is a supervisor on the right, wearing a hat and shoes, pointing.
• Wide Angle Image of Dike Project
  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 Workers with Shovels
  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.
• Famine Relief Parents and Children
  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.
• Line 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.
• Famine Relief Line
  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.
• Little Malnourished Child, 1912
  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.
• Alfred Johns and Chinese Man Sitting
  Portrait of Alfred Johns and an unidentified Chinese man in a western style suit. Both men are seated on wooden chairs outside a brick building.
• 1912 Famine Relief
  In the winter and spring of 1912, while the West China missionary community was evacuated to Shanghai and beyond, missionaries of all denominations answered the call to help in famine relief work in the nearby provinces of Nganhwai [Anhui] and Kiangsu [Jiangsu]. Alfred Johns was among those who undertook the work and, fortunately, he documented it with photographs and narrative. Many missionaries survived the famine relief work and returned to their stations, but at least three missionaries died of typhus and smallpox contracted from the famine victims.
• 15 Houseboat with Sail on Yangtze River, 1911
  Looking across the front of a houseboat, the photographer captures two crew members on the deck looking over a placid river to another houseboat is making its way through the gorges. If it is 1911-01-02, then the Johns' would be heading upstream for the first time and the Abrey's would be aboard the companion boat to the Johns'. If Dr. Charles Service and his wife were passengers, then it would be late 1911 or early 1912 when the missionaries were evacuating on the way downstream toward Shanghai and safety from the Nationalist Revolution.