Harmony Hall Servants, 1922

Item

Title
Harmony Hall Servants, 1922
Caption
5. Our Crew; 1. Gaturarre [?] - a scoundrel; 2. Our ineffable Cloud; 3. Mr. Book, the aristocrat - gets $5 a month and wears a silk coat (note); 4. Edmunds' - a nondescript; 5. Glad's - a cute, bad, little boy; 6. Our faithful old cook; 7. "The Butler" (who thinks a smile is a disgrace); 8. Our needlewoman - has enough sense to sew a seam, sometimes! (Swan's coolie was absent - the prettiest of the bunch, too!)
Identifier
WFC_059
Description
A group of seven men and one woman posing in the courtyard of "Harmony Hall," Chengdu, where a group of four missionary couples were taking Chinese language and culture lessons.
Date Created
1922
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan
Physical Dimensions
4 1/8 w x 2 3/8 h inches without borders
Original Format
Photographic print
Source
Leslie Earl and Mary Katharine Willmott
Provenance
Passed down from Don Willmott to Cory Willmott.
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2025-02-15
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image