Group of WMS Women with Fur Muffs

Item

Title
Group of WMS Women with Fur Muffs
Caption
Canadian Women's Missionary Society Members in Tokyo except Chappel and Bird
Identifier
SEFA_029
Alternative Identifier
Simpson Album p4
Description
Six women pose standing in a row wearing fall or winter coats, large hats, fur muffs and purses.
Commentary
Hand-written on the photo front it says, "Tokyo Feb. 12/13." Also along the bottom from left to right: "Chappel, Armstrong, Ellwood, Bird, Scott, Chappel." Armstrong and Ellwood were among the missionaries who traveled from Yichang to Chongqing with EKS.
Date Created
1913-02-12
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/1850147/tokyo.html
Event
1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format
Photographic print
Relation
Group of Unidentified Missionary Women
Is Part Of
Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source
Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance
E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2026-09-27
Contributor
Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type
Still Image
References
From Yichang to Chongqing, the party "traveled in four boats. In the first were five members of the Women's Missionary Society: Misses Brimstin, Virgo, (Dr.) Austin, Armstrong and Ellwood. In the second were the Misses Kerr and White, Rev. A. P. and Mrs. Quirbach and Margaret and myself. In number three were Rev. R. B. and Mrs. McAmmond, while the Rountree Bros. occupied the fourth."
1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China
Item sets
Simpson-Estabrook Family Archives
Media
SEFA_029_Simpson Album p4 Canadian Womens Missionary Society Members in Tokyo except Chappel and Bird.jpg

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