Houseboat on Yangtze New Dragon Rapids
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Title
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Houseboat on Yangtze New Dragon Rapids
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Caption
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The New Dragon Rapid on the Yangtze River. February 1919. Our houseboat coming up. Others waiting their turn.
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Identifier
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AEJ_074
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Alternative Identifier
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15
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Description
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The scene depicts a houseboat on the Yangtze River taken from the trackers' path. The trackers' rope can be seen extending from the boat to the shore. There are three additional houseboats downstream waiting their turn to go up the narrow rapids. There is a small group of people in the lower right corner. In 1919, the Johns were returning to Chengdu from their furlough in Canada.
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Creator
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Johns, Alfred
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Date Created
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1919-02
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Location
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Yangtze River
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Original Format
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Photographic print
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Source
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Ken Johns
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Provenance
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Johns Family Archives
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2023-08-08
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Contributor
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Ken Johns; Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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References
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According to Alfred and Myrtle's son Martin, their furlough was 1917-1918, not 1919, although they could have reached West China in 1919 if they left Canada in 1918. Martin Johns. 1992. Bamboo Shoots and Maple Buds: Recollections of a Boyhood Spent in China. Hamilton, ON: Martin Wesley Johns Publishing.
