China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938., and The former Overseas Chinese Club at the corner of Chung Shan and Shanghai Roads, Nanking. It was used as a refugee center by the Nanking Safety Zone Committee, but is now occupied by a high Japanese military organization. The smoke behind the building is typical of the fires which were systematically set by the Japanese soldiers after the occupation of the city."
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938., and Our new Church center on Peiping Road, Nanking, which has leased th ebuilding formerly occupied by the Sino-British Cultural Association. This new center is the outgrowth of the religious work conducted during the refugee days in the Safety Zone. It is located near the center of Nanking, almost equidistant from St. Paul's Church and our Hsiakwan Parish.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938., and Residence at no. 25 Lo Chia Road, Nanking, placed at our disposal by Mr. Hansen, Manager of the Texas Oil Company. In it were housed a large group of refugees from Hsiakwan, for whom we took responsibility.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938., and Residence at no. 17 Lang Ya Road, Nanking which housed another group of refugees for whom we took responsibility. Mr. Magee and I took turns at standing guard at the end of the street to keep marauding Japanese soldiers from molesting the refugees after the fall of the city.