Earl and Kay Willmott Having Tea in Front Yard

Item

Title
Earl and Kay Willmott Having Tea in Front Yard
Identifier
WFC_050
Description
Earl and Kay Willmott are seated at a table spread for afternoon tea in the front yard of their house on the WCUU campus. "Yowler" the cat is sitting on a chair opposite them. The houses on "Canadian Row" can be seen in the background. The season is fall. Kay wears her fur-lined silk changshan to keep warm and as a marker of her status as a scholar.
Commentary
The house located at No.16, Section 3, Renmin South Road, the former residence of L.E. Willmott, once called the “red small foreign house,” still stands today. It was identified as a cultural landmark of Chengdu city and listed for protection in 2015.
Date Created
1948
Location
WCUU, Chengdu, Sichuan (30.639347693025325, 104.06929301212179)
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/12718447/ackerman-clock-tower-huaxi-campus.html
Relation
Earl and Kay Willmott in Front Yard
Provenance
Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott.
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-11-20
Contributor
Cory Willmott; Qi Yanan (West China Hospital Center of Sichuan University); Luo Junhe (West China Hospital Center of Sichuan University)
Type
Still Image
Published In
Cory Willmott. 2012. The Paradox of Gender among West China Missionary Collectors, 1920-1950. Special Issue of Social Science and Missions; Bridging Cultures: China and Missions, ed. M. Gewurtz, 25(1):129-65.
Item sets
Willmott Family Archives
Media
WFC_050_20131209_7.bmp

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