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• Portrait of Edna and Douglas Ewan
  Formal portrait of Edna as a small child and Douglas as an infant standing on a chair and being held up by his mother from behind. Taken in a drawing room with two small tables, a wide Chinese-style wooden chair, a large oil-burning lamp, a small carpet and a folding screen. Decorative brickwork on the wall behind.
• Robert Baker Ewan Portrait
  Robert Ewan poses for a formal portrait, possibly in a photo studio, for an almost full length shot. He wears a cutaway suit jacket and slim cut trousers.
• Robert Baker Ewan Family Portrait
  Robert and Sarah Ewan are seated on wooden chairs with their children standing next to them, Edna on the left and Douglas on the right. They wear formal dress. There is a dog sitting in front of them. They are on a verandahed porch with some wood debris visible on the ground.
• Six Men Ordained Together, 1918
  Six unidentified Chinese men stand in front of the entranceway to a brick building with large round columns. They wear traditional Chinese scholars' regalia, minus the caps.
• Portrait of Teacher Gin Fong U and Family
  Portrait of the Gin family outdoors against a whitewashed wall. Gin stands wearing a cap and a center closing jacket over a scholars gown. His wife sits on a wicker chair with a baby on lap and flanked by two small children. She wears the traditional Han ensemble of jacket and vest over trousers with "lotus shoes" on her bound feet.
• Boys at Work, Jenshow Industrial School
  Under the direction of an unidentified female missionary, high school boys till the soil in the Industrial School's agricultural fields. Mountains can be seen in the background.
• Crowd at the WMS School's Baby Clinic
  A large crowd composed mainly of Chinese women and children pose on the steps of the WMS school. Mrs. Clauda McAmmond is standing at far right several rows back.
• Robert Bridgman after Return from Captivity by Bandits
  Robert Bridgman poses in front of a plush garden of grass, flowers, trees and creeping vines. He is wearing the patchwork dress of a poor Chinese peasant after escaping from bandits. He has not shaven in weeks.
• Robert Bridgman Returned from Capture by Bandits
  Five men pose in front of a stone wall upon the return to safety of Charles Bridgman and Pastor Din after their capture by bandits while out itinerating. The Liu family helped to bring them back, as they were both weak and in poor health when they escaped and headed home for 40 miles on foot.
• Portrait of Canadian Missionaries at Chengdu
  Formal group portrait of a group of missionary men, women and children taken in front of a large brick building. The weather must be on the chilly side, since many of them are wearing overcoats, warm hats, fur stoles and muffs.
• 1907 Canadian Methodist Mission Council
  Formal group portrait of 21 men on the CMM mission council, 1907. One man's head in the lower left is cut off by a tear in the original. All the men are identified by name on the back of the photo print. In the background are the huge leaves of a tropical plant.
• 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.