Lao Guan Miao Back View with Alfred Johns

Item

Title
Lao Guan Miao Back View with Alfred Johns
Caption
1911a Lao Guan Miao compound back vision, Chengdu
Identifier
AEJ_143
Description
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.
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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