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• Island or Peninsula with Foreign Buildings
  Location is unknown, but it appears to be an island or peninsula with a cluster of foreign style buildings on its peak. A wall surrounds the buildings above the shoreline.
• Chinese Marketplace on the Yangtze River
  Large crowds of Chinese are standing on a rocky beach on the banks of the Yangtze River. In the foreground one can see produce for sale in large baskets. Up a small hill there are several small buildings. A single small boat is out on the river the right background.
• Yangtze River Boatman Banging a Gong
  Rev. Robert Ewan stands on the deck of a Yangtze River houseboat with three crewmen, one of whom is beating a large gong, and another is playing a round drum. In the background can be seen some small houses standing before a large hill on the bank of the Yangtze River banks.
• Ocean Liner Coaling in Japan
  Scene taken from the deck of a large ocean liner depicting workers in small boats near the shore hauling buckets of coal into portals in the side of the boat.
• A Young Man Fluffing Cotton
  A young man is squatting before a pile of raw cotton, which he is fluffing with a large woonen or bamboo paddle-like device. He is wearing a large white turban with a Manchu jacket, trousers and cottong shoes. Behind him is a bamboo fence made with a diagonal weave.
• A Chinese Tinsmith at Work
  A Chinese tinsmith is seated in front of his travelling smithshop, which consists of a wooden bench. His furnace is in the left foreground. He wears a protective apron over a fur-lined Manchu jacket.
• Chinese Traveling Restaurant
  A street vendor's portable "restaurant" consists of two units - one with a large wok over a conical stove; the other a table over what is probably some kind of heating unit with hot food for sale. The latter has an umbrella over it. The vendor serves a large woman with bound feet.
• Chinese Meat Market
  Open storefront with sides of port hanging from metal hooks. The storeowner cuts a slice of meat off of one of them. In the background one can see a storefront restaurant.
• Portrait of a Multigenerational Chinese Family
  Seventeen members of a multigenerational family pose in front of a building with a table as a centerpiece. The women wear headwraps, some of which have metal fringes over the forehead.
• Portrait of a Fu Hai Juin and His Wife
  Fu Hai Juin and his wife are seated on wicker chairs in front of bushes. Fu wears a center-closing jacket over a white changshan. He wears glasses and holds a fan in his lap. His wife wears a Western hairstyle with a white changshan.
• The New East Gate of Chengdu
  An arched gate in a large brick wall with a sign over it and posters plastered to the bricks. People are seen passing in and out of the gate. In the foreground there are tables set up for vendors.
• Dr. Kyle and Alice Simpson in their Pontiac Home, 1972
  Kyle and Alice pose for a portrait in front of silk banners given to them as gifts upon their departure from the mission field in 1926.
• Postcard of Dragon and Phoenix Statues, Summer Palace, Beijing, 1949
  A pair of golden statues - one of a five-clawed dragon, the other of a standing phoenix - on platforms in a courtyard in front of a temple building at the Summer Palace, Beijing. The front of the temple appears to be shrouded in cloth coverings behind tall painted columns. Grass grows in the crevices of the stone steps in the background.
• Chiang Kaishek Approaching Soldiers on Field
  Chiang Kai-shek stands on a field with cape and hat to his chest in front of a row of men, one saluting. Two other soldiers approach, also with hats off. In the background, a row of parked cars can be seen next to a large open structure.
• Portrait of Alice and Wilda Simpson, 1926
  Alice and Wilda Simpson pose on the porch of a brick building with a tricycle and toy wagon in front of them.
• Group Portrait of Christian Congregation and Missionaries, Fowchow
  A large group of Chinese and foreign missionaries pose for a formal portrait on the steps of a large brick building decorated with flower garlands. Rev. and Mrs. Morgan can be seen at the center of the second row. Alice and Kyle Simpson are at far left front and center back, respectively. Chinese women at front wear traditional Han style jackets and trousers with natural feet.
• Alice Simpson posing with Staff and Students of Government School, Fowchow, 1922
  Formal group portrait of staff and students on the steps of the Government Girls School at Fuling, Sichuan. The men wear scholars gowns and caps. The graduating girls wear a variety of traditional Chinese and modified modernized garments. Alice Simpson is seated third from right in front row wearing a mink stoll.
• Lottie Small and Children at Behluding
  Lottie Small (wife of Walter Small) posing with her four children on the tennis court at Behluhding. The girls wear large white bows in their hair. The baby sits on Lottie's lap. She must be sitting on an unseen chair. Mountains can be seen in the background.
• Group Portrait of Attendees at Kyle Simpson's Ordination, 1919.
  Formal group portrait of twelve men in suits.
• Portrait of the Simpsons on Porch with Dog, 1918
  Formal portrait of Alice, Kyle and Janet Simpson seated in wicker chairs on a stone porch. Kyle Simpson holds baby Janet and a Chinese fan. A dog lies in front of Alice. Behind the couple is a wooden door in a brick building.
• Alice Simpson with Children and Pony, Chengdu
  Alice Simpson poses with five children on a lawn in Chengdu, 1917. The boy sits atop a Chinese pony. A baby is seated in a stroller.
• Small Buddhist Temple at Kwanhsien, 1917
  Small building with tiled roof and arched entranceway through stone fence. Corn grows in the foreground. Wooded mountains are seen in the background.
• Alice and Janet Simpson at Kwanhsien, July 1917
  Alice Simpson sits on a chair on a stone porch with baby Janet on her lap.
• Business Card of Ding Lemei
  Formal portrait of Ding Lemei on the front of his business card, which also included his name and place of residence in Chinese characters. David Crockett Graham reports that Ding worked with him at an enquirers meeting in Suifu in 1914. So he was in West China when the Simpsons were, although we don't know exactly when and where they encountered him.
• Dr. Kyle Simpson Portrait
  Mounted formal portrait of Kyle Simpson as a young man. This photo was taken while Kyle was serving as an intern for a year at Old Grace Hospital in Pontiac, Detroit, MI.