Leper hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, ca. 1940

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Title: Leper hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, ca. 1940
Published / Created: 1940-1950
Publication Place: Shantung, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Frame 30 -- The leper hospital, beyond the university campus, outside the wall, with the Mountain of the Thousand Buddhas on the skyline. A small farm and garden surrounds the hospital. About fifty lepers are in residence. Note the surrounding fields under cultivation each with its graves. A view of the hospital from a distance. The fields around it are very uniform in appearance. A mountain range is visible in the background.
Extent: 8 x 13.5 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 414 | Folder 5872

Access: Public
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