Idol procession, China, ca. 1904

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Title: Idol procession, China, ca. 1904
Published / Created: 1904
Publication Place: China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Lanterns in an idol procession. A large crowd of people elevate ornately-worked wooden palanquins.
Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan were American medical missionaries in the Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of China, serving under the Presbyterian and Methodist mission boards from 1905 to 1946.
The photo is marked 1904 but the Morgans did not arrive in China until 1905.
Extent: 9 x 14 cm.

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