Malnourished Child
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Title
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Malnourished Child
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Caption
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Child during famine 1912
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Identifier
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AEJ_86
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Alternative Identifier
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159
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Description
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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.
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Creator
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Alfred Johns
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Date Created
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1912-02 to 1912-04
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Location
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Nganhwai [Anhui] and Kiangsu [Jiangsu] provinces, China
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Source
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Ken Johns
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Provenance
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Johns Family Archives
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-08-21
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Contributor
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Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
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References
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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"