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• First Dental Hospital, Chengdu
  A large rectangular two story building with verandahs on both sides. In the foreground is a tennis court.
• Canadian Methodist Hospital From Chengdu City Wall
  Wide angle view of the CMM hospital taken from the Chengdu city wall. Storage shed and field and houses are seen in the foreground. The hospital stands in the middle of the background, while another foreign style building identified as the WMS hospital can be seen to the right of it.
• Canadian Methodist Hospital Under Construction
  Hospital building with main structure, windows and roof completed, but interior not so (although not shown in photo). In the foreground one can see temporary pathways from the construction site and a few logs laying on the ground. A man with a pith helmet stands in the lower left corner. Two trees stand next to the double staircase to the entranceway.
• Robert and Clauda McAmmond with a Taoist Priest
  Robert McAmmond (left) with an unnamed Taoist priest and Mrs. Clauda McAmmond pose before a bamboo wicker lattice that frames the porch of a brick building. The priest wears a Ming dynasty inspired scholars gown with extra long sleeves, a cap, and bare feet. The McAmmonds' dress suggests a date in the late 1930s. However, the couple left China for good in 1935.
• Building the CMM Hospital in Chengdu
  A pile of large rectangular cut stones lays on the ground in the foreground. Behind it is a wooden ladder at about a 45 degree angle leading up to scaffolding. The photo depicts the method by which Chinese workers move large timbers and stones to upper levels of the building construction.
• Scaffolding During the Building of the CMM Hospital
  A pile of large rectangular cut stones lays on the ground in the foreground. Behind it is a wooden ladder at about a 45 degree angle leading up to scaffolding. The photo depicts the method by which Chinese workers move large timbers and stones to upper levels of the building construction.
• 1905-1913 Building the Canadian Methodist Mission Hospital, Chengdu
  The missionaries involved in the construction of the Canadian Methodist Mission (CMM) teaching hospital between 1905 and 1913 have left a rich record of its construction in both images and text. This is their story.
• Rev. Robert Ewan on the Great Road
  Three "3 person chairs" with Mrs. Ewan and baby in front one, Robert Ewan standing at side of road and several "coolies" standing around, one with open umbrella. They are traversing the Great Road between Chongqing and Chengdu. The front carriers can be seen with their resting post down.
• 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.