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• Willmott Wedding Portrait 1
  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.
• 1944 Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters Ceremony
  Don Willmott took this series of photographs during WWII while he was teaching English at the Ming Hsien School. Ming Hsien was a Christian high school sponsored by Oberlin College, Ohio, that had moved from Shansi to Jintang County northwest of Chengdu in 1940. This Opening of the Waters Ceremony took place in April of 1944.
• Li Bing at Er Wang Temple, 1906
  Full front view of the statue of Li Bing at Er Wang Temple, 1906. He is seated in the conventional pose for civic officials and has a full array of altar offerings before him, in Tang style vessels. He sits in a recess behind a lattice frame.
• Min Irrigation Ditch, WCUU
  This image shows a roadway with gatehouses to the left and an irrigation ditch to the right. Small footbridges cross the ditch at intervals.
• Lone Carrier on Anlan Bridge
  Looking west from the east shore of the Inner River, this photo of the Anlan Bridge shows a single carrier with a tall load walking in the middle of the path that is clearly wide enough for commercial traffic.
• Group Seated at Base of Anlan Bridge
  Four unidentified missionaries are seated on the rocks with a group of Chinese, some of whom appear to be students by their age and dress. One of the missionaries has a pair of binoculars in her lap. The group is seated at the base of the bridge on the west bank of the Outer River during low water season. One Chinese man is standing, perhaps a leader of the excursion. In the background can be seen hillsides stripped of lumber.
• Anlan Rope Bridge at Dujangyan, 1944
  Looking east over the Outer River toward the mountain where Er Lang temple is from the opposite shore. The shoreline in the photo is the artificial island that terminates with the Fishmouth, which is to the left just outside the frame. The Inner River is not seen, but one can see the two pilons that hold the bridge over it.
• Dujangyan Temple Top Fence
  Probably influenced by Dan Dye's work on lattice (1937), the subject of this photo is the lattice fence. It is not clear which of the Dujangyan temples this is.
• Dujiangyan from Er Wang Temple Overview
  Looking south over the roof of Er Wang Temple and the peak with the Rhinoceros Fighting Pavillion. On the opposite shore (center), one can see the Flying Sand Spillway. The Bottleneck, or Precious Vase Neck, and the Fulong Guan Temple are hidden behind the rock face at left. In the foreground one can see the corners of two of the ancient inscriptions in the temple.
• 1944 Dujiangyan Panorama 2
  Looking north from Mt. Yulai towards the Anlan Bridge, this panoramic scene shows the location of the dam extending from the tip of the Fishmouth to the eastern shore north of Er Wang Temple, which is barely visible on the mountain slope. Workers are departing the scene as their job is done for the year.
• 1944 Dujiangyan Panorama 1
  Looking north from Mt. Yulai towards the Anlan Bridge, this panoramic scene shows the location of the dam extending from the tip of the Fishmouth to the eastern shore north of Er Wang Temple, which can be seen in the trees on the mountain slope. The dam has been broken and the water has begun to enter the Inner River.
• 1944 Min Diversion 5
  Looking towards the Western shoreline of the Outer River, we see workmen pulling a rope to tear down the dam. The Fishmouth is to the left out of the frame. There is a sailboat parked on the shore in front of what appears to be a camp of pup tents, perhaps for the workers, but possibly for the US Army, since they were present in the region at that time.
• 1944 Min Diversion 4
  Close up of action on the eastern shoreline of the Inner River as workers and spectators anticipate the flow of water from the broken dam, which can be seen in the distant center of the scene. In the right foreground, a young woman and boy help balance the raft as a rather stout monk gets on board. His occupation is revealed by his style of robe with billowy sleeves, although he also wears a Western style fedora. Note the woman's natural feet.
• 1944 Min Diversion 3
  Overlooking the turban-clad heads of spectators, men on foot and on rafts attend to the opening of the dam across the Inner River. A small corner of the Fishmouth can be seen at far left.
• 1944 Min Diversion 2
  Looking directly east across the Inner River, the dam opening has grown larger. Spectators watch from the Fishmouth to the left. Workers oversee the dam operation at the right.
• 1944 Min Diversion 1
  Standing on the east shore north of Er Wang Temple, looking northwest at the dam, which has just been broken. A large crowd of spectators can be seen standing on the head of the Fishmouth. In the right foreground, another large crowd watches the dam opening, many of them wearing changshan, or scholar's gowns. A temporary weir of stone can also be seen in the foreground running parallel to the eastern shoreline.
• Dujiangyan Pier with Temporary Ramp
  Looking north along an artificial embankment towards workers carrying loads on a temporary bridge over a narrow channel of the Min River. The close up view of the stonework shows the integrity of the craftmanship.
• Dujiangyan Embankment with Temporary Ramp
  Looking north along an artificial embankment towards workers carrying loads on a temporary bridge over a narrow channel of the Min River. The close up view of the stonework shows the integrity of the craftmanship.
• Canadian Row at WCUU from Creek
  This photograh shows the six houses on the outer row of the "Canadian Row," which faced an irrigation ditch or stream, but was later converted into an athletic field. Apparently the Johns' house was not among these houses because they are all of the later style with verandahs encircling bith first and second floors. After a few decades, missionaries learned that those upper verandahs were just what was needed for summer sleeping quarters.
• Canadian Row at WCUU Across Field
  This photograh shows the six houses on the outer row of the "Canadian Row," which faced an irrigation ditch or stream, but was later converted into an athletic field. Apparently the Johns' house was not among these houses because they are all of the later style with verandahs encircling bith first and second floors. After a few decades, missionaries learned that those upper verandahs were just what was needed for summer sleeping quarters.
• 1913 Johns' Home in Chengdu
  Alfred and Myrtle Johns stand on the lawn of their home on "Canadian Row" with another (unidentified) missionary family. The two story house is a mixture of European and Chinese architecture and has a verandah surrounding the first floor.
• 1913 Johns' Home at WCUU
  Alfred and Myrtle Johns stand on the lawn of their home on "Canadian Row" with another (unidentified) missionary family. The two story house is a mixture of European and Chinese architecture and has a verandah surrounding the first floor.
• Johns' Language Teacher with His Family
  Johns' language teacher (center back) with his wife (front, second from right) with their family (front) and friends (back, right and left?). Note the men's changshan or "scholars' gowns," and the women's trousers and bound feet.
• Lao Guan Miao Back View with Alfred Johns
  Alfred Johns wearing pith helmet stanfing inside the courtyard of Lao Guan Miao. Trees, a small gazebo, and other out buildings can be seen within the compound.
• Lao Guan Miao Back View with Myrtle Johns
  Described differently as both back and front of the compound at Lao Guan Miao, it appears to be inside the courtyard. Myrtle Johns stands with a Chinese language instructor and a servant, the former identified by his changshan or "scholars' gown."