"Lumber yard at Chengtu [Chengdu], where wood for church was bought." Stacks of large bamboo poles are shown in the lower area of a lumber yard. Rows of long bamboo poles lean against a wooden rack above a bridge near a small pagoda.
"Scierus d'Abetifi ̶ Chrétiens." Five men are shown at a saw pit with their tools. A large plank is elevated off the ground to allow the long hand saw to pass through.
"Scieurs de long." Two sawyers are shown cutting through a large piece of lumber using a long saw. One operates the saw from above while the other sawyer is down below in a pit. Three men are seen nearby.
"Sawyers, cutting lumber for Chengtu M.E. Church." Four men are shown in a workshop cutting planks from a log. They use a two-person hand saw to make the cuts. The caption is handwritten on the back of the postcard.
