Lao Guan Miao Back View with Myrtle Johns
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Title
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Lao Guan Miao Back View with Myrtle Johns
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Caption
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1911b Lao Guan Miao, Myrtle Johns in front of first Chengdu house
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Identifier
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AEJ_142
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Description
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Described differently as both back and front of the compound at Lao Guan Miao, it appears to be inside the courtyard. Myrtle Johns stands with a Chinese language instructor and a servant, the former identified by his changshan or "scholars' gown."
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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.