Steamboat Assisting Refugees to Cross the Min River

Title: Steamboat Assisting Refugees to Cross the Min River
Caption: Our steamboat ferrying other boats across the Min River at Ch'ien-wei. [Steamer was commandeered by warlord who was retreating. DC Graham family on boat for two days; only potatoes to eat. color.]
Identifier: DCG_056
Alternative Identifier: 136, 64
Description: Taken from the shoreline, this image shows a steamboat crowded with people whom Graham explains are soldiers in a retreating army that has commandeered their steamer to cross the river, a process that took two days.
Commentary: During 1925, Sichuan was led by warlords who were competing for resources and territories.
Creator: Graham, David Crockett
Date Created: 1925
Location: Qianwei, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1798232/qianwei-xian.html
Original Format: Glass plate (color tinted)
Relation: Refugees Trying to Cross the Min River
Source: Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Provenance: Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughters of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-05-27
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image

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