A Chinese lady's feet contrasted with a boy's shoes and a cup. The photograph illustrates the size of a Chinese woman's feet as a result of the practice of foot binding., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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.
A close race between 2 of the dragon boats" which used to hold races, I believe in the fall. We could watch them from the rooftop of our house just a block from the river. These slim racing shells could go very fast, and there was always great excitement among the spectators who crowded the bank of the river. I was told that these races were to commemorate the suicide by drowning of an official of the Manchu regime, his protest against some action which he did not approve.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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.
A large crowd of people stand on an embankment of turned earth, brick buildings behind them., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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. The photo may relate to the famine that took place in Jiangsu in 1907.
A footboat on one of the canals in the part of China where Uncle Fred was stationed. They could go quite fast, being propelled by the boatman with his foot. It was so very delicately balanced that Uncle Fred used to say that you had to part your hair in the middle, or it might capsize." Uncle Fred used such boats for outcalls.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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.
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 Shanghai. A Chinese funeral. The coffin is being carried in its very ornate equivalent of our hearse, on the backs of many coolies hired for the occasion, and wearing a sort of livery. The man in white is obviously in charge. White, not black, is the Chinese mourning color.
A huge raft in the Yuan River below Changteh [now Changde]. Such rafts transported logs long distances. The rafts were really floating villages on which families lived with their children, chickens, and dogs, for weeks., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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.
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 Shanghai, but a common sight in China: a combination letter-writer and fortune-teller. Note the long gown and long sleeves, denoting a man who earned his living by literary, not manual, labor. Note the barber down the street who has just given a customer a very clean shave!
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 Monkey show in our back yard. 2 small Logans watch from the porch. (Victor remembers this enchanting afternoon) A monkey and a dog are performing while children look on.
A patient is lying down with a nurse and a man standing next to him at the hospital in Changteh [now Changde], China. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A peep show. Daddy never would let us stop and look at them - for obvious reasons. Four men are sitting on benches looking through small holes in a wall at a peep show, Changteh [now Changde], China., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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.