Alice Simpson posing with Staff and Students of Government School, Fowchow, 1922
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Title
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Alice Simpson posing with Staff and Students of Government School, Fowchow, 1922
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Caption
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Back of Photo: Fowchow, Szechwan. Government School for Girls. Front row students were of the graduation class December 1922. Chinese gentleman at extreme left, principal of the school. Other gentlemen were teachers in the staff. Two women teachers on staff are in front row at right with the English instructor - ALCS. Envelope: Photo: Fowchow, Szechwan, Government School Teaching Staff, Graduating class December 1922 and some Senior grade pupils. Mrs. E.K. Simpson, Teacher of English.
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Identifier
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SEFA_019
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Description
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Formal group portrait of staff and students on the steps of the Government Girls School at Fuling, Sichuan. The men wear scholars gowns and caps. The graduating girls wear a variety of traditional Chinese and modified modernized garments. Alice Simpson is seated third from right in front row wearing a mink stoll.
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Commentary
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The photograph is framed with a caption in Chinese characters, as was customary for formal group portraits at this time.
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Date Created
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1922
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Location
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Fuling, Sichuan
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Original Format
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Photographic Print
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Source
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Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
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Provenance
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Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2025-01-18
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
