Wheelbarrow Chair Ready for Hire

Title: Wheelbarrow Chair Ready for Hire
Caption: Unidentified Village
Identifier: SEFA_137
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p41
Description: A man facing and looking at the camera stands behind a chair on wheels ready to take on a passenger. Many bystanders look on, some carrying guns. A small building with the a thatched roof is in the background.
Commentary: The WMS party and a Canadian Methodist Mission party were travelling up the Yangtze at the same time in 1910-1911. They apparently shared photographs of the trip.
Creator: Alfred Johns
Date Created: 1910-1911
Location: Yangtze River
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815696/yangtze-river.html
Event: 1910-1911 Alice Estabrook’s First Yangtze River Journey
Original Format: Photographic print
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Is Version Of: Wheelbarrow with Driver
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-04-02
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image