Earl Willmott in WCUU Living Room

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Title: Earl Willmott in WCUU Living Room
Caption: 96. Enjoying our scroll, while we may! CHINA
Identifier: WFC_052
Alternative Identifier: 96, 39
Description: Earl Willmott poses in a wicker chair in the living room of their house on the WCUU campus. A Chinese scroll hangs on the wall behind him.
Commentary: This series of portraits were taken in the summer of 1951, just months before the Willmott's left China for good in December after 30 years of missionary service. Caption written by Kay, and probably mailed to Don & Liz, who were at Oberlin at the time. 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: 1951
Location: WCUU, Chengdu, Sichuan (30.639347693025325, 104.06929301212179)
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12718447/ackerman-clock-tower-huaxi-campus.html
Physical Dimensions: 2" x 2"
Relation: Kay Willmott in WCUU Living Room; Earl and Kay Willmott on Verandah
Provenance: Sent from K & E Willmott to Don and Liz Willmott, and then passed down 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

Item sets: Willmott Family Archives

Media: WFC_052_20131209_39.bmp; WFC_052_20131209_39_BACK.jpeg

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