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• Marine Lynx Christmas Menu
  The menu is printed in blue and black ink. In blue ink there is a graphic image of Southeast Asian dancers with the word "Menu" at the top and "American President Lines" at the bottom. In the middle the six course "Christmas Dinner" is printed in black ink headed by the name of the ship, "SS Marine Lynx," and its Master, "E.A. Cooper."
• Houseboats at the Shanghai Bund
  Chinese houseboats crowd the water in front of the Shanghai Bund. A bridge and tall Western style buildings can be seen in the background.
• Shanghai Shoreline with Houseboats
  Chinese houseboats line the banks of a narrow channel. On the right can be seen a row of Western style buildings one to three stories high. Tall powerline poles can be seen in the background.
• Crowd Meeting the Marine Lynx at Shanghai
  Taken from the Marine Lynx looking over a crowd that has gathered to meet it at the Shanghai harbor. The crowd is largely composed of foreigners. A group of nurses can be seen at right. There is a large warehouse in the background.
• Group Portrait of UCCM Missionaries Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A group of fourteen missionaries and two children pose for a group shot as the party arrives in Shanghai. John Stinson (taking the photo) is the fifteenth of the group who set out for Sichuan for the UCCM. Isabelle, Dora Ann and David Stinson are seated center front.
• Six UCCM Missionary Women Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Six missionary women pose with Dora Ann and David Stinson on the deck of the Marine Lynx.
• UCCM Missionaries Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A group of thirteen missionary men and women, along with children Dora Ann and David Stinson, mill about on the deck of the Marine Lynx while getting ready to pose for a group photograph. Dora Ann is seated at left with her back to the camera. Isabelle Stinson is seated center front with David in front of her.
• Eleven UCCM Women Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Eleven women and a man just barely in the frame at left, along with children Dora Ann and David Stinson, pose onboard the Marine Lynx as it arrives in Shanghai. Isabelle Stinson is seated at center front behind her children.
• Missionary Couple Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A middle aged couple pose on the deck of the Marine Lynx with arms linked. They are smiling and appear to be joking around. The man has a camera case strung over his shoulder. The woman may be holding a camera in her hand.
• Missionary Children Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Dora Ann Stinson with a friend on the deck of the Marine Lynx.
• Irene Moore with Stinson Children on the Marine Lynx
  Irene Moore helps Isabelle Stinson with her luggage while boarding the Marine Lynx at the San Francisco Pier 35 on their way to China after WWII. The Stinson children Dora and David are sitting in among the suitcases.
• Postcard of the SS Marine Lynx
  Postcard of the SS Marine Lynx from Isabelle Stinson to Ethelwyn Reid written on board the Lynx. The picture on the front shows the Lynx traveling in a narrow channel. The back is a hand-written letter. There are two US 1 cent stamps, and a red stamp saying "Save the Easy Way Buy US Bonds on Payroll Savings." Another stamp says "San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1947."
• Bow of SS Marine Lynx
  The bow of the Marine Lynx showing the name written on the side, and an American flag flying at the front. Wooden docks are in the foreground. The background looks across a harbor.
• Midsection of SS Marine Lynx
  Midsection of the SS Marine Lynx showing the lifeboats on deck and the mast standing high in the sky.
• SS Marine Lynx at San Francisco
  Looking down the length of the SS Marine Lynx across the wooden docks where it is moored at San Francisco before its departure to Shanghai.
• David and Dora Stinson at the Hankow Airport
  David Stinson (2 years old) and Dora Stinson (7 years old) exchange a smile as they wait on the tarmac for their Curtiss C-46 Commando to be refueled at Hankow, enroute between Shanghai and Chongqing. Men in army uniform and work clothes are walking by in the background near the plane.
• David and Isabelle Stinson at the Hankow Airport
  Isabelle and David Stinson (2 years old) seen from behind as they wait for their Curtiss C-46 Commando to be refueled at Hankow, enroute from Shanghai to Chongqing. Both wear winter clothes in the freezing temperatures, Isabelle in a sporty jodhpur ensemble, David is a woolen snow suit. Trucks can be seen next to the plane in the background.
• Passengers Boarding a Plane at Shanghai Airport
  A group of passengers walk along a muddy path on the tarmac up to the Curtiss C-46 Commando that will fly them from Shanghai to Chongqing. They are seen from the back wearing rain gear. The plane's markings suggest that it was employed in Airforce operations flying personnel and supplies over "The Hump" in the Himalayas during WWII.
• Isabelle Stinson in Window of Plane
  Airline workers are preparing the Douglas DC2 for take off from the Hong Kong airport. Isabelle Stinson can be seen in the window above the wing. A sign in the foreground seems to warn people to stay out of reach of the propellers.
• Missionary Group Posing with Plane
  Isabelle Stinson poses with Stewart Allen and his three children (Margaret 8 years old, Gwyneth 4 years old and Phyllis 2 years old) in front of the Douglas DC2 14-passenger airliner that was to take them to Chongqing. A missionary woman, possibly Win Allen, can be seen at the back of the plane to the left of Stewart Allen. The airfield and mountains can be seen in the background.
• Isabelle Stinson Posing with Plane
  Isabelle Stinson poses in front of the Douglas DC2 14-passenger airliner that was to take her, Win Allen and the three Allen children to Chongqing. The missionary in the background is probably Stewart Allen. The Hong Kong airport can be seen in the distance.
• John Stinson Posing with Plane
  John Stinson poses in front of the Douglas DC2 14-passenger airliner that was to take Isabelle, Win Allen and the three Allen children to Chongqing. Chinese characters are written on the plane.
• Bomb Shelter in Chengdu, 1940
  Isabelle Stinson with her son David and their “amah” smiling as they step into their World War II makeshift bomb shelter near their house on the WCUU campus, c.1940.
• Isabelle Stinson in Bomb Shelter in Tzeliutsing, 1939
  Isabelle Stinson poses at the entrance to the Stinson's bomb shelter in Tzeliutsing.
• Back of Tzeliutsing Hospital Bombed
  The back of the Tzeliutsing Hospital, or possibly the adjoining women's hospital, showing one side of the roof and the walls torn down completely after the Japanese bombing.