Delivery of medical supplies, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca. 1941

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Title: Delivery of medical supplies, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca. 1941
Published / Created: 1940-1950
Publication Place: Szechwan, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
This picture shows a convoy of trucks arriving on the West China Union University campus, in Chengtu, with badly needed medical supplies. The leaders of the Convoy, Dr. Be[ ] and Dr. Hoffman of the university staff, are being greeted [ ] their colleagues after a record run, via the Burma Road, from Rangoon, nearly two thousand miles south, over wild mountains and through tropical jungles.The supplies carried on these trucks are urgently needed in Free China. They represent a material gift of great value to the Chinese people, a gift made possible by you and other friends of the Christian Colleges in China. Three trucks parked on the lawn and five Western men, four of them shaking hands. Trees in background.
Extent: 8.2 x 14.2 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 417

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