Lao Guan Miao with Myrtle Johns Reading
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Title
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Lao Guan Miao with Myrtle Johns Reading
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Caption
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1911a Lao Guan Miao Myrtle in her first home in Chengdu, sedan chair outside
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Identifier
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AEJ_140
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Description
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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.
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Creator
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Alfred Johns
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Date Created
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1911
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Location
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Chengdu, Sichuan; Chengtu, Szechwan (30.658799593305872, 104.06988893551647)
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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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2024-11-15
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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abstract
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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.