Alfred Johns with Two Chinese Colleagues

Item

Title
Alfred Johns with Two Chinese Colleagues
Caption
Fred Johns and two helpers, famine relief work 1912
Identifier
AEJ_38
Alternative Identifier
156
Description
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.
Creator
Alfred Johns
Date Created
1912-02 to 1912-04
Location
Nganhwai [Anhui] and Kiangsu [Jiangsu] provinces, China
Source
Ken Johns
Provenance
Johns Family Archives
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-08-21
Contributor
Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
References
Johns, Alfred. 1928. "China: Its People and Their Life, May 2, 1918," In The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pp.226-234. Toronto: Empire Club of Canada; For additional references see related Event page, "1912 Famine Relief"