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• Guizhou Seen from the Yangtze River
  Seen from the river, the small town of Guizhou sits on an embankment above the shoreline and nestles up into the mountains behind.
• Two Missionary Women wearing Pith Helmets
  Two women pose for the camera on a grassy hillside wearing cardigans and pith helmets. A path can be seen winding among the hills in the background.
• Emerging from the Wuhan Gorge
  View from the front of a boat showing a tall mountain directly ahead behind another mountain that juts out forming a curve in the river. Two boats are on the river before and in the pass. The trackers' path can be seen carved into the hillside on the right.
• Dr. E. Kyle Simpson Party Arriving in Yokohama
  Dr. E. Kyle Simpson poses with a group of missionaries, including four women and two other men, at the top of stairs leading from the steamer. The women wear winter coats, large hats and fur muffs. A banner proclaiming the brand of steamer is partially cut off, but probably said "Asian Pacific Line."
• Two-Boomed Houseboat in the Gorges
  A houseboat on the Yangtze River has a large rectangular sail on a vertical mast, and a triangular sail on a boom extended from the bottom of the vertical sail. Houseboats are distinguished by their wooden cabins through their middle and back ends. The rocky cliffs of the Yangzi Gorges are in the background.
• A Team of Trackers on a Yangzi River Bank
  A large team of trackers seen from a boat on the river pulling an unseen boat on the river behind the camera. The team is divided into three fan groups, consisting of about thirty-eight men. Amidst large boulders on the shore behind, there are makeshift houses of bamboo mats that will be dismantled when the water is high.
• A Team of Trackers Seen from the Front
  A large team of trackers seen head-on as they fan out across a path pulling ropes that attach to a boat down below (not in sight). Their head leader stands at the front of the team with his back to the camera. Two more leaders are positioned, one on each side of the team. The river and mountains can be seen in the background.
• Fred Rountree Riding in a Wooden Chair
  Fred Rountree is tucked tightly into a wooden chair carried on bamboo poles by two men. The man in front appears to be wearing a Western-style fedora hat with bamboo sandals. The chair is in poor condition with holes on both sides.
• Cargo Boat Shooting the Rapid in Xiling Gorge
  A large Chinese cargo boat emerges from between a narrow passage where it "shot" the Chin Rapids. The boat has three compartments covered with bamboo mats. Boatmen are using oars in the back of the boat to steer.
• Approaching the Chin Rapids
  Taken from the front of the houseboat, the photo depicts calm waters in the foreground, approaching turbulent waters rounding a peninsula on the right and mountains in the background.
• Chinese Mausoleum on a Hillside
  The gravesite of a wealthy Chinese family is a stone semi-circle with two pillars topped by a pair of lions in the center. These pillars, representing Heaven's Gate, flank an engraved stone plaque. A trough around the outer rim appears to protect the grave from water damage. In the background are Western-style gravestones on a grassy hillside.
• Fuzhou Parliament in Session
  A large assembly of men in a room with a half circle of desks facing a raised platform with men at desks. The men all have papers on the desks in front of them. They wear queues, which suggests this took place during the Qing Dynasty when queues were mandatory, before the 1911 Revolution.
• Language Teacher Sent from Chengdu
  This is a faded version of a photo of Alice Estabrook's first language teacher. On the loose photo, Alice had written a paragraph about him (see the record for the other version).
• Canadian Women's Missionary Party on a Sampan
  Three foreign women and a Chinese servant peer off the front of a sampan. The woman at the head of the boat employs a pair of binoculars to gain a better view. Large rocks on the shore form the foreground, and other boats appear in the background.
• Luzhou Mission Station House Back View
  A two story brick residence built in combination Western-Asian style with large balconies surrounding first and second floors. There are two chimneys on the roof. An outbuilding and clothesline can be seen to the right and a wall to the left of the house.
• Luzhou Mission Station House Front View
  A two story brick residence built in combination Western-Asian style with large balconies surrounding first and second floors. There are two chimneys and a dormer window on the roof. An outbuilding can be seen to the left and a wall to the right of the house. Alice Estabrook was stationed in Luzhou before marrying E. Kyle Simpson.
• Methodist Church at Luzhou Under Construction
  A large stone church built in a combination of Western and Asian architectural styles. Building materials and personnel can been seen around the base of the church. Alice Estabrook was stationed in Luzhou before marrying E. Kyle Simpson.
• Stonemasonry Carving on the Luzhou Methodist Church
  Stonemasonry work depicts a phoenix with leaves and flowers, possibly representing a melon vine and blooms. E. Kyle Simpson was stationed in Luzhou before marrying Alice Lossing Estabrook.
• Section of the Chuan-Han Railway (川汉铁路)
  Section of narrow gauge tracks of the Chuan-Han Railway (川汉铁路) at Yichang, showing lack of reinforcement to the banks. Some grave mounds can be seen on the bank above the tracks at upper right.
• Entrance to the Yangtze Gorges with Houseboat in Pass
  Looking up river at the Yangtze Gorges, a houseboat sits at the entrance to the pass between tall rock cliffs.
• Seven-tiered Pagoda on the Yangtze
  A seven-tiered pagoda on a high embankment behind a wall. Taken from a boat on the Yangtze River.
• Dr. Simpson and Party Aboard a Steamer
  E. Kyle Simpson (front row left) poses with Rev., Mrs. and Margaret Quirmbach, and five other men aboard the steamer Siang Yang Maru. Notwithstanding the caption on the photo, which says Ichang, this steamer was a large boat that plied the passage between Shanghai and Hankow. It was one of three Nisshin Kisen steamers that began operation in 1907.
• Chinese Fishing from Sampans on the Yangtze River
  A cluster of four sampans with men and women holding long bamboo poles, presumably for fishing. The boats are covered through the middle with woven bamboo mats.
• Chinese Paddling Round Dingy Boats
  Two small circular boats, each with two men paddling, ply the still waters near the steamer. One is approaching and one is retreating. The caption explains that they are "professional beggars."
• Kites Flying on the Yangtze River Shoreline
  A group of people stand on a wide expansive shoreline with boats moored in the water and low mountains in the background across the river. There are what appear to be wooden constructs on the shoreline, the purpose of which is not clear. The kite is not visible, but the label suggests that is what the people are doing.