Lao Guan Miao with Myrtle Johns Reading

Item

Title
Lao Guan Miao with Myrtle Johns Reading
Caption
1911a Lao Guan Miao Myrtle in her first home in Chengdu, sedan chair outside
Identifier
AEJ_140
Description
Entrance to a compound of Chinese architecture with modern European updates. Myrtle Johns sits pn a wicker chair near the door, probably studyung Chinese language. A "chair" awaiting a passenger sits behind her.
Creator
Alfred Johns
Date Created
1911
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan; Chengtu, Szechwan (30.658799593305872, 104.06988893551647)
Source
Ken Johns
Provenance
Johns Family Archives
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-11-15
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
abstract
The name "Lao Guan Miao" suggests that this is the former home and ancestral temple complex of the Guan family. The mission used this site to house new missionaries during their first course of language study.

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