Preparing straw for bedding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca. 1936

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Title: Preparing straw for bedding, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca. 1936
Published / Created: 1930-1940
Publication Place: Szechuan, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Comfortable mattresses are filled with rice straw, which must first be dried in the infrequent sunny hours of Chengtu. [now Chengdu] Women work with bundles of straw, making sure they dry properly.
Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
Extent: 9.9 x 12.7 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Collection / Other Creator: United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Collection Date: 1882-1977
Container / Volume: Box 397

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