Katharine Willmott en Route to Faerymorn

Title: Katharine Willmott en Route to Faerymorn
Caption: K in sling chair to Omei w Joy Dick corn fields
Identifier: WFC_007
Description: Katharine ("Kay") Willmott enjoys a ride in a two-carrier sling huagar through cornfields on a mountain path in the Emeishan region. She is followed by Margaret Joy Willmott (1922-2022) on foot and Richard Curtis Willmott (1930-2012) in a backrack huagar. The men are carrying Katharine's huagar with bamboo poles. They wear bamboo woven hats and straw sandals, said to be safest for the slippery slopes of the Emei mountains.
Commentary: Emeishan is both a particular mountain and a mountainous region with dozens of temples and pavilions. Missionaries used the term "Omei" (Wade-Giles; "Emei" pinyin) to refer to the region.
Date Created: 1935
Location: Emeishan, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1811733/emei-shan.html
Event: 1930s Willmott Family Mt. Omei Journeys
Original Format: Black and White Print
Provenance: Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott. Digitized in 2008 by Elizabeth Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-10
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image