Scaffolding During the Building of the CMM Hospital

Title: Scaffolding During the Building of the CMM Hospital
Identifier: EFA_13
Description: A pile of large rectangular cut stones lays on the ground in the foreground. Behind it is a wooden ladder at about a 45 degree angle leading up to scaffolding. The photo depicts the method by which Chinese workers move large timbers and stones to upper levels of the building construction.
Commentary: It is not known which is the proper orientation for this pair of duplicate prints.
Date Created: 1908
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815286/chengdu.html
Event: 1905-1913 Building the Canadian Methodist Mission Hospital, Chengdu
Original Format: Photographic Print
Relation: Men Cutting Timber at Chengdu 1; Men Cutting Timber at Chengdu 2
Is Version Of: Building the CMM Hospital in Chengdu
Source: Douglas D. Baughn
Provenance: Ewan Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-01-18
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Brown, Pat. 2020. Western Medicine in Sichuan. The West China Mission 2:2-20.

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