Rev. Thomas Torrance with a Han Dynasty Brick
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Title
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Rev. Thomas Torrance with a Han Dynasty Brick
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Caption
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Rev. Thomas Torrance holding a Han Dynasty ornamented brick. [He was from Scotland; he believed the cave tombs had been used as homes, and that the Ch'iang people were one of the lost tribes of Israel, DCG proved him mistaken on both counts; but they were good friends.]
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Identifier
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DCG_052
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Alternative Identifier
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99
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Description
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Thomas Torrance stands outdoors holding a sandstone brick with a relief of a prancing horse on it. The brick is about a foot square. There are a small group of Chinese looking on, including one small child.
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Commentary
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Thomas Torrance, an older generation of missionary than Graham, spent decades studying the cave tombs and published an important article on them in the Journal of the West China Border Research Society.
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1926-1928
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Original Format
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Glass plate
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughters of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2025-05-27
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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References
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Torrance, Thomas. 1930-1931. Notes on the Cave Tombs and Ancient Burial Mounds of Western Szechwan. Journal of the West China Border Research Society 4: 88-96.
Diagram of Interior of Cave Tombs
Cave Tomb Entrance with Chinese Man
Cave Tomb Entrance with Missionary
Opening to Multilevel Cave Tomb
Clay Human Figures from Cave Tomb
