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• Dayfoot Wedding Accidental Shot
  Bessie Julien Dayfoot stands at the left side of the frame while an unknown older woman walks towards the camera on the right. Neither woman is posing for the camera. There is a large white streak from top to bottom over this woman's left arm.
• Dayfoot Wedding Candid Portrait
  Standing on a lawn with flowers, trees and a building in the background, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, Bessie Julien Dayfoot and an unknown bridesmaid are caught off guard in a candid photo while posing for portraits.
• Dayfoot Wedding Party Portrait
  The Dayfoot wedding party poses on a lawn - left to right: Rev. John Stinson, unknown bridesmaid, Bessie Julien Dayfoot and Rev. Arthur Dayfoot.
• Bessie Julien Dayfoot with Bridesmaid
  Bride Bessie Julien Dayfoot poses with her bridesmaid (unknown) in front of a tent on a lawn with foliage and a building with Chinese style roof in the background.
• Dayfoot Wedding Portrait with Bride, Groom and Best Man
  Bride Bessie Julien is flanked by her groom, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, on her right and best man, Rev. John Stinson, on her left. The men wear dark single-breasted jackets with white shirts and white flannel trousers. Bessie wears a white satin full length bridal gown.
• Dayfoot Wedding Portrait in Front of Ivy-Covered Building
  Bride Bessie Julien and groom, Rev. Arthur Dayfoot, pose on a lawn in front of a building covered with ivy. The arched doorway is visible in the background. The couple appear in the bottom left foreground from their knees upward.
• Arthur and Bessie Dayfoot Happy Wedding Portrait
  Outdoor portrait of Rev. Arthur Dayfoot and Bessie Julien smiling broadly on their wedding day in Chengdu. Bessie wears white satin long sleeved dress and holds bouquet with calla lilies.
• Dayfoot Wedding Party and Guests Portrait
  Formal portrait with Art and Bessie Dayfoot flanked by wedding party members, including Rev. John Stinson to Art's right and Dr. Harrison Mullett to Bessie's left.
• 1947 Dayfoot Wedding, Chengdu
  Rev. Arthur Dayfoot and Bessie Julien got married on the WCUU campus on April 19th, 1947. Although they were both from Ontario, they met for the first time at Behludin the year before. This series of photos comes from Rev. John Stinson, who had served as best man at the wedding.
• 05 Lower Yangtze River Sailboat
  A Chinese boat with two sails raised out on the open water near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
• 07 Hankow Harbour with Workmen
  Wide view of the harbour at Hankow with many workmen in the foreground, a steamer at the dock on the far left, and a warehouse projecting into the water on the right.
• Group Portrait of Ernest and Hattie Morgan Wedding, 1907
  Formal group portrait of Ernest Wesley Morgan and Hattie Woodsworth wedding in Chengdu. The wedding guests include six other missionaries (3 men, 2 women and 1 girl), and 13 Chinese men in various styles of dress from military uniforms to scholars gowns and formal Mandarin regalia. One of the missionary men also wears a Chinese scholars gown.
• Houseboat on Yangtze New Dragon Rapids
  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.
• 18 Gold-sifters on the Yangtze River
  Seven men stand on a rocky field working a device that is used to sift for gold. They are wearing cotton shirts and trousers with turbans and bare feet. This is probably at Fuling on the Yangtze River about 75 miles east of Chongqing.
• 20 Mrs. Cordelia Stewart's Grave Near Chongqing
  Photo depicts a grassy field or hill with two wooden grave markers in the foreground and a large stone grave mausoleum in the background. Bouquets of flowers are placed near the grave markers. The closest marker has a Chinese character on it. The middle one is the grave of Mrs. Stewart, who died on her first trip up the Yangtze River. This was January, 1910, the year before the Johns were making the trip from late 1910 to early 1911.
• 08 Postcard of Myrtle Johns in Hankow
  Myrtle Johns sits in a rickshaw on the bund in Hankow with foreign buildings in the background. The man who pulls the rickshaw stands in front holding the poles to pull it. Myrtle wears a floor length skirt with matching jacket, a fur stole, leather gloves and a huge hat. The driver wears a cotton jacket and trousers with sandals and a brimmed hat.
• 01 Postcard of the Empress of Japan, 1910
  Hand tinted photograph of the ocean liner, the Empress of Japan, with the mountains of Vancouver Harbour in the background. The Johns left from Victoria, BC, however.
• Mt. Omei: Wannian Temple, Buddha's Tooth
  Two men presenting "Buddha's Tooth". The men's head and shoulders are cut off in the framing of the photo. From the clothing, the man on the right is a priest (note extra long sleeves of gown) and the man on the right is a laborer (note short jacket and trousers). The relic is enclosed in a glass case and sits on carved wooden a chair.
• Mt. Omei: View of the Mountains
  Beautiful view of the Mt. Omei mountain ranges, with the roof of an unidentified temple in the foreground.
• Mt. Omei: Scenic View From a Temple
  Beautiful view of the Mt. Omei mountain ranges, with the roof of an unidentified temple in the foreground.
• Mt. Omei: View from the Summit of the Sacred Mountain
  View of the peak of Mt. Omei from the nearby mountains. The "Golden Summit" can be seen in the upper right of the photograph. There is wooden fence made along the side of the cliff.
• Mt. Omei: Johns and Other Missionaries
  Pictured are the Johns and some of the other missionaries that they went with on the Mt. Omei trek. Alfred and Myrtle Johns are seated in the first and second place in the front row left. The temple remains unidentified.
• Mt. Omei: Missionary Group Portrait
  Picture of all the missionaries who made the trip to Mt. Omei on the stairs of an unidentified temple. All of them have changed into their formal clothes after their invigorating trek. One of the monks can be seen in the background. Most likely they are staying at this temple overnight before continuing their trek the next morning. Myrtle Johns is the third from left in the second row. Alfred Johns is not in this photo.
• Mt Omei: Buddhist Priest & Teachers
  Portrait of five of the missionaries' language instructors who traveled with them from Chengdu to Mt. Omei to provide continual guidance in Chinese language instruction. All five of them wear scholars' gowns. The two men in the middle hold the hands of a young child, probably one of theirs son. On the left is a Buddhist priest from the temple where they are staying. He can be identified by the very long wide sleeves of his gown, which harken back to the scholars' styles of the Ming Dynasty.
• Mt. Omei: Missionary Language Teachers
  Portrait of five of the missionaries' language instructors who traveled with the missionaries from Chengdu to Mt. Omei to provide continual guidance in Chinese language instruction. All five of them wear scholars' gowns. The two men in the middle hold the hands of a young child, probably one of theirs son. On the left is a Buddhist priest from the temple where they are staying. He can be identified by the very long wide sleeves of his gown, which harken back to the scholars' styles of the Ming Dynasty.