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• Simpson-Estabrook Wedding, Chengdu, 1916
  Formal portrait of members of the Simpson-Estabrook wedding party and guests. Dr. Omar Kilborn stands to the far left back row. Other missionary guests are yet to be identified.
• Annual WMS Conference, Chengdu, 1915
  Formal portrait of eighteen delegates to the annual WMS Conference in Chengdu in 1915. They are seated on the steps of the new Women's Hospital, run by the Canadian Methodist Mission.
• Union Normal School for Young Women, Chengdu, 1915
  Formal group photograph of Chinese women students in the Union Normal School for Young Women. The students in the front row are proudly displaying their "natural feet" beneath their long skirts, modeled after Western styles. Irene Chambers is fourth from left; Alice Estabrook is sixth from left. In the background are wooden lattice window frames. Rolled bamboo mats are hanging from the ceiling ready to unroll to enclose the porch in the evening or inclement weather.
• Missionary Community at Luchow
  Fourteen missionaries, a baby and a lap dog pose for a semi-formal portrait in what appears to be the courtyard of a compound. One elderly missionary in the center of the photograph wears Chinese style clothing. Alice is third from left in front row.
• Scene in Foochow's Suburbs
  The scene depicts three men working at a ditch with a water conveyor to move water up to the stone path. One of them is waving to the camera. At the top of the conveyor a woman carries two water buckets along the stone path. Alice describes her hairstyle on the back of this postcard. In the background are small houses.
• Houseboat on Yangtze Above Chongqing
  A large houseboat in the middle of a relatively narrow river. Taken from an elevated shore. Mountains in the background.
• Chinese Flying Kites
  Panoramic view overlooking a harbor believed to be Yichang, Sichuan. In the foreground, a group of people are flying kites. An unidentified industrial structure can also be seen on the beach. In the background, one can see numerous junks and houseboats in the harbor, with mountain ranges forming the opposite river coast.
• Yangtze Junk in Full Sail
  A Chinese "junk" with sail raised against a background of one of the Yangtze River gorges.
• Language Teacher Aboard a Houseboat, 1910
  In situ portrait of Alice Estabrook's language teacher standing in front of the cabin on a Yangtze River houseboat above Yichang. He can be distinguished by his scholar's cap. The boat's mast is in the center of the image. Several boatmen can be seen sitting a top the cabin wearing white head scarves and patterned scarves over their legs. Two other boatmen are on deck behind the language teacher.
• New WMS Missionaries, Yichang, 1910
  Seven women pose on a ladder aboard a steamer. All of them except Alice are looking to their right, as if they had spotted land. Alice Estabrook's caption explains the time, place and people, serving as a corrective to the information provided for the same photograph in the Johns Family Collection.
• 1910-1911 Alice Estabrook’s First Yangtze River Journey
  Alice Lessing Estabrook set said for China under the Women’s Missionary Society (of Canada) banner, reaching China on November 29th, 1910. Travelling up the Yangtze River with other new women missionaries and one seasoned missionary, she reached Chengdu on March 8th, 1911. In total, Alice spent over three months on steamboats and houseboats in the interior of China on her way to her mission field in West China. Images in this Event document her journey, many of them with interesting captions by Alice herself.
• Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows
  Two men carry a portion of the bride's dowry, a group of pillows. The hills surrounding Renshou can be seen in the background.
• Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair
  Three men are seen carrying a bridal chair with the bride hidden inside. The chair is adorned with silk panels and other indiscernible decorations. The hills surrounding Renshou can be seen in the background.
• Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry
  Two men carry a portion of the bride's dowry, an embroidered bed curtain with a wooden frame. The decorative side panels of the frame are hanging horizontally at the bottom of the load. The hills surrounding Renshou can be seen in the background.
• Corporal Donald Earl Willmott
  Don Willmott sits on a lawn in a casual pose wearing his army fatigues. The rank badge for corporals is sewn to both sleeves of his shirt, and there is a pistol holster strapped to his belt.
• Kay Willmott in WCUU Living Room
  Kay Willmott poses in a wicker chair in the living room of their house on the WCUU campus. A Chinese scroll with a tiger motif hangs on the wall beside her. The Chinese carpet at her feet is now in Cory Willmott's collection.
• Earl Willmott in WCUU Living Room
  Earl Willmott poses in a wicker chair in the living room of their house on the WCUU campus. A Chinese scroll hangs on the wall behind him.
• Earl and Kay Willmott in Front Yard
  Earl and Kay Willmott are standing in the front yard of their house on the WCUU campus. The season is fall. Kay wears her fur-lined silk changshan to keep warm and as a marker of her status as a scholar.
• Earl and Kay Willmott Having Tea in Front Yard
  Earl and Kay Willmott are seated at a table spread for afternoon tea in the front yard of their house on the WCUU campus. "Yowler" the cat is sitting on a chair opposite them. The houses on "Canadian Row" can be seen in the background. The season is fall. Kay wears her fur-lined silk changshan to keep warm and as a marker of her status as a scholar.
• Earl and Kay Willmott on Verandah
  Earl and Kay Willmott pose for a portrait on the verandah of their house on the WCUU campus, Chengdu. Rose bushes hang from a rope trellis above their heads.
• Toddlers Don Willmott and Norm Endicott
  Young Don (left) and Norm (right) play together on a porch surrounded by numerous and various toys. They each have child-sized chairs as well.
• Kay Willmott at Endicott's Front Porch
  Kay Willmott (right) holds infant Richard Curtis (b 1930-03-19) and an unidentified Chinese woman (left) holds an infant that is probably Shirley Jane Endicott (b 1930-04-19). The two are seated in wicker chairs in front of the steps leading to the Endicott's porch. A group of four people are standing on the porch.
• New Mothers at Duckling Pond
  Kay Willmott (left) holds infant Richard Curtis (b 1930-03-19) and Mary Austin Endicott (right) holds infant Shirley Jane (b 1930-04-19). The two mothers are stylishly dressed in silk print dresses and high heels.
• Willmott Wedding Portrait 3
  Formal portrait of Lesslie Earl Willmott and Mary Katharine Geyer facing each other on their wedding day. The groom wears a tuxedo with a white vest and bowtie. The bride wears a white dress with a three tiered skirt that was considered unconventionally short for the time period. She also sports bobbed hair.
• Willmott Wedding Portrait 2
  Formal portrait of Lesslie Earl Willmott and Mary Katharine Geyer on their wedding day. The groom wears a tuxedo with a white vest and bowtie. The bride wears a white dress with a three tiered skirt that was considered unconventionally short for the time period. She also sports bobbed hair.