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• Tire Problems on the Burma Road
  The driver of John Stinson's truck uses a lug wrench to fix the rear passenger tire after it has broken down. The baggage on the top of the truck is covered with tarps made from yak hides.
• Frequent Breakdowns on the Burma Road
  One of the eight trucks in the Allen-Stinson convey is stopped for repairs. One can see the license plate and the Chevrolet logo on the truck. A man stands half out of the frame to the left.
• The Road from Kunming to Chungking
  At a tight curve in the Burma Road, Stinson takes a photo over the flimsy wooden railing at the side of the road. Down in the valley, one can see the road descending alongside terraced fields.
• Stewart Allen Brings Up the Rear
  Five of the eight trucks in Allen's and Stinson's care have stopped, probably at a roadside restaurant (note the thatched roof in the left foreground). Stinson has climbed a rocky path to take the photo looking down upon the scene. On the curve of the road, a flimsy railing separates vehicles from the steep mountainside beyond it.
• Twenty-four Switchbacks
  Landscape scenery showing a few hairpin turns on the Burma Road. This section of the road is known as The Stilwell Twenty-Four due to the number of switchbacks or hairpin turns going up the mountain. General Joseph Stilwell must have used that road when he led the OSS during WWII. A large section of it is currently preserved as a heritage site.
• Horses Ford a River
  Horses are disembarking from a boat after crossing a river. They are wearing saddles and baskets over their muzzles, suggesting that they will be used for military purposes rather than as pack animals. Most likely, they are not part of the Stinson and Allen convoy, but rather encountered along the way.
• Fording the River 2
  A truck with tarps made from yak skins covering the baggage on top is on a barge crossing a river. Many men are using a huge oar to propel the barge across the river. A road and buildings can be seen on the mountainside in the background.
• Fording the River 3
  Stewart Allen stands on the deck of a barge with one of their eight trucks on it. The baggage on top of the truck is covered with tarps made from yak skins. There are many workmen on the barge, one of whom is using a pole to push the barge away from the shallow water near the shore. There is a canoe-like boat pulled up alongside the barge.
• Fording the River 1
  Two men in the foreground hold a rope to keep the barge steady as five other men are on the barge to help load a truck onto it. The truck is covered with a tarp.
• John Stinson with One of the Drivers
  John Stinson poses with one of the drivers and another man in front of one of the eight trucks in his and Stewart Allen's convoy. One of the men sits on the front end of the truck. The baggage on top of the truck is covered with tarps made from yak skins.
• John Stinson and Stewart Allen with Five Lorries
  Five of the eight trucks in Allen's and Stinson's care travel in a convoy along a dirt road next to a lake or river. The baggage on the tops of the trucks are covered with tarps made from yak skins. The drivers have stopped at a roadside restaurant for a lunch break.
• Loading the Trucks in Kunming
  Scene at the railway depot in Kunming where John Stinson and Steward Allen are transferring the baggage from the train onto the trucks that they have hired. One man sits atop a truck to load boxes onto the truck top. A great pile of wooden boxes awaits loading. They hired altogether eight trucks to carry all the missionary baggage and supplies in their care.
• Train trestle from Hanoi to Kunming
  Taken from the train on the French Indochina railway as it crosses a high bridge across a valley.
• Customs in Haiphong
  Missionary baggage in the care of Stewart Allen and John Stinson at the customs house with two men, one in a pith helmet. In the foreground one of the boxes is addressed to Miss Astrid Peterson, an American Baptist missionary stationed at Suifu (Yibin), Sichuan.
• Stewart Allen Guarding the Missionary Cargo in Haiphong
  Stewart Allen sits on top of a large box labelled "Chungking" amidst many wooden boxes of which he and John Stinson are in charge. The boxes and trunks are in front of a large brick building with columns. Another man is behind Allen wearing a pith helmet.
• Luggage on Board Ship from Hong Kong to Haiphong
  Three men are working with the baggage on board a ship. Several large cargo trunks are in the foreground, the closest of which bears the name "Stinson."
• Allen-Stinson Burma Road Trip, 1938
  In the spring of 1938, shortly after Japan invaded Shanghai, Dr. Stewart Allen and Rev. John Stinson were charged with escorting all the missionary baggage and supplies that had been stuck in Shanghai. They took the French Indochina route into Yunnan and then the Burma Road to Chongqing, with adventures along the way.
• Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Four Men and Camera
  Rev. John Stinson poses on a lawn with four unidentified men, one of whom holds a tripod with a movie camera. The hospitality tent can be seen on the left of the photo.
• Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Photographer
  Rev. John Stinson poses on a lawn with an unidentified man who holds a camera. The same man is seen in DS_014 with a movie camera.
• Three Dayfoot Wedding Guests with Camera
  Three unidentified men pose on a lawn with trees, wicker chairs and a building in the background. The man on the left holds a tripod with a movie camera.
• Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Two Guests
  Rev. John Stinson, best man at Rev. Arthur Dayfoot's wedding, poses on a lawn with an unidentified female guest and Dr. Harrison Mullett. The woman wears an ankle length dress with peplum and wide brimmed hat.
• Dayfoot Wedding Best Man with Two Female Guests
  Rev. John Stinson, best man at Rev. Arthur Dayfoot's wedding, poses on a lawn with two unidentified female guests. From a letter from John Stinson dated 1947-05-15, we learn that they were singing O perfect love, Because and A Wedding Prayer. The woman on the right is the same as appears seated in DS_010.
• Dayfoot Wedding Best Man and Bridesmaid
  Best man, Rev. John Stinson, and unknown bridesmaid sit at small desks set up on the lawn about 20 yards away from the hospitality tent, which can be seen in the background. They appear to be writing, each with their own book or other memento (it is unclear upon what the bridesmaid is writing).
• Guests Relaxing at the Dayfoot Wedding
  Five wedding guests are seated on chairs under the tent on the lawn at the Dayfoot wedding. There are five missionary women in floral ankle length gowns, one man in a suit and one Chinese woman wearing a qipao dress. The latter appears to be joking with someone to her right who is out of the frame. The woman next to her is also looking that way. She also appears in DS_012.
• Bessie Julien Dayfoot Relaxing at Wedding
  Bessie Julien Dayfoot sits in a wicker chair holding a cup of tea. Beams, rope and shade suggest she is under a tent. A tea service can be seen on the table to her left. In the background, some figures are standing in a group around small desks where the best man and bridesmaid are seated.