Mortimore Children with Chinese Amah

Item

Title
Mortimore Children with Chinese Amah
Caption
Mortimer [sic] Children with Chinese Woman, Shanghai 1912
Identifier
AEJ_095
Alternative Identifier
139
Description
The Mortimore children, Marion, Frank and baby, are accompanied by their Chinese amah on a sidewalk in the foreign concession of Shanghai. They stand on a sidewalk in front of a Western style building. Marion has a doll in a toy stroller. Frank wears a dress, which was common for boys at the time. The amah wears a silk gown and trousers with "lotus shoes" covering her bound feet.
Creator
Alfred Johns
Date Created
1912
Location
Shanghai
Relation
Five photographs of missionaries and their families appear to be taken at the same time on a Shanghai street in 1912.
Dr. Mabel Mortimore with Three Children
Family of Richard Samuel Taylor in Shanghai
Mrs. Bateman with Her Two Daughters
Portrait of Mrs. Bateman with Her Daughters
Source
Ken Johns
Provenance
Johns Family Archives
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-08-25
Contributor
Nicholas Fowler; Ken Johns; Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image

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