Lao Guan Miao Back View with Alfred Johns
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Title
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Lao Guan Miao Back View with Alfred Johns
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Caption
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1911a Lao Guan Miao compound back vision, Chengdu
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Identifier
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AEJ_143
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Description
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Alfred Johns wearing pith helmet stanfing inside the courtyard of Lao Guan Miao. Trees, a small gazebo, and other out buildings can be seen within the compound.
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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.