Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 395 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Agriculture "F. C. U. Founders Day, May 25/48 Arrival of Alumni by boat" People stand on the stone jetty at right as the riverboat arrives, with passengers visible in the bows. Hills visible across the river; a tree overhangs. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 414 | Folder 5870
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and No. 2. The Alumni Gate seen from Suburb Wall Gate A Chinese style gate, with a sign on top in Chinese characters. To the right are rickshaws at rest with no drivers. In the right foreground is a Chinese man in a heavy coat with a hood, and to the left are two men in uniform.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, who was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884., and Two American Consul staff and a group of Chinese men are at work on a makeshift dock at Koh Kow. A ship with two American flags can be seen to the left.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and American Mission Compound, Swatow. A general view of the American Mission Compound that is located in Swatow [now Shantou], China.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and American Consulate (in foreground) and a bit of 'South Side'. Several buildings on a hill with many trees. A building on the right has an American flag flying by it. Mountains are visible in the background.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and USS Palos, which carries 'old Glory' to the edges of civilization. Suifu is the highest point on the Yangtzi river that this small gunboat or any steamer can come. [now Yibin] [now Yangtse] A large Western ship on the river. Cliffs are visible in the background
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The compound is seen from an orchard at the foot of a hill. A stone wall surrounds the complex and its gatehouse., and This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Helen Smith, the daughter of the Rev. Edward Huntington Smith, stands by her Chinese playmate. She is in western clothing. Her playmate is in a traditional Chinese outfit, but he is wearing a western scarf. The two of them stand by each other on a bench and appear to be holding hands. They are both very young children. Written above this photograph in its album: "Helen Smith and her playmate, Teddy Ding. His father is head teacher in Foochow College, his mother head teacher of Ing Hok girls' school, his grandfather the first Christian in Ing Hok and a preacher. 1865-1902. Teddy Ding now for years Professor in California Univ. Los Angeles.", and The Smiths were a family of Congregational missionaries in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou]. Edward Huntington Smith devoted nearly 50 years of his life to running an orphanage, raising funds, and promoting Christian education in Ing Tai, Fukien [Fujian], China. His wife, Grace W. Thomas Smith served as a Kindergarten teacher in the United States and China.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa., and This was in far inland China, in 1915 or 1916. I happened to be with Daddy (the boys were not with us, as I recall) when we passed this very strange sight: an airplane on a Chinese boat. A long wooden boat is stopped along the bank of a river. On the boat a man is standing and there is a small airplane.