A melody in roofs. Along the main street of T'ung Hsin Chen the minaret of the mosque can be seen. The ahung here had traveled to Mecca twice from South Ningsia and was fluent in Arabic though he could not read the Chinese calling card presented to h...
A typical Moslem inn along the highway between Kaolan and Sining. That it is Moslem one knows by the sign of the teapot hanging just over the head of Dr. S.M. Zwemer in the pith helmet. These inns throughout China assure a Moslem traveler of 'kosher...
A Tunghsiang Hui or East Country Moslem. He and his kind live in finger-like valleys along the road between Kaolan and Linsia (Hochow) Kansu. These people, it is believed, are descendents of the Mongols and who still use their own language in the ba...
A Moslem restaurant sign with the tea pot and the Arabic in the center. At the top are two Chinese characters 'ching' and 'chen,' clean and true. Just these two characters on many signs make a shop one where Moslems may eat. These correspond to the...
A portable goat skin raft which is used in the water down stream and carried on the back of a man upstream. Many such small rafts are fastened together to make one of the hundred skins or more to transport large cargo or a number of people to cities ...
A Chinese man and a young boy stand facing each other in a ward of St. Luke's Hospital in Shanghai. Their stomachs are severely swollen and indicate that they were on the brink of starvation.
A Chinese patient at Xianfu Hospital stands in a courtyard by a sapling tree. A uniformed official stands in a doorway. He seems to be watching the patient. Written on the album sleeve of the photograph: "A leper!"
A church established by the American mission in Ningpo [Ningbo]. The church was located in the eastern suburbs of the city. This is the church where the Rev. Dean Goddard preached. It is a brick building surrounded by foliage.
A commercial truck has been converted into a makeshift ambulance. Four patients are lying in the open cargo space in the back of the vehicle. The ambulance crew are standing on the side walk.
A group of missionaries and their families pose for a group photograph. Written on a note adjoining the photograph: "Property of Mrs. E. W. Ellis--borrowed from her. Note, and kindly return in enclosed envelope. E. B. T. To William and Sallie, only. B...
A Beggar Boat at Nanking. The Woman is asking that money be put in the bag at the end of the pole. Two women and one child are in a small boat in open water. The older woman is reaching a long bamboo pole up towards the photographer, who probably wa...
A young Chinese boy named Tsung Seng displays his injuries with his sleeves rolled up. His left hand has been amputated and his right hand appears to have been mangled.
"MAJ, CNJ, HJ" Initials indicate the wife and children of missionary Alfred G. Jones. A group composed of missionary families is posed in front of a doorway. The women and children are in Western-style clothes while the men are in Chinese dress.
A bund with a staircase lays on the right bank of what may be the Yangtze River. Row boats are docked on the bund in the foreground. A number of sailboats and steamships are visible in the background. A few Chinese pedestrians are on the bund. Written...
A caravan of camels with heavy loads passes through a town in western China. The road is unpaved and the buildings in the town appear to be made of mud brick.
A canal acts as a street in Shaoxing. A small boat navigates the canal. Numerous signs written in Chinese characters are on the tightly packed buildings on either side of the canal. Written to the side of this photograph in its album: "The Venice of C...
A canal passes through the heart of Shaoxing. The canal acts as a street. Densely packed buildings line the sides of the canal. Several Chinese row boats are docked on the side of the canal.
A rest at noon. Maxwell standing by the stuff. A desert caravan in western China takes a rest in a courtyard between buildings The baggage and carriages hauled by animals are laid out across the ground. Some Chinese are working in the background and a...
A Chinese caravan of horse-drawn carts prepares for a road trip at the rail head at Kwan-yin-t'ang. Kwan-yin-t'ang is a district of Changchun. Written on the album sleeve of this photograph: "Kwan-yin-t'ang--the rail head. The inn yard. Ready for the ...
A Chinese ambulance disembarks in front of St. John's University. At the time this photograph was taken St. John's University's facilities were being used by the staff of St. Luke's Hospital. The rear doors of the ambulance are ajar and its interior i...
A Chinese doctor with a broad smile holds a baby in his arms. An older Chinese woman stands by him holding the baby's right arm. The baby's face is dirty and he appears to he holding food in both of his hands. This picture was taken at St. Luke's Hosp...
A group of Chinese medical students pose together in front of a table with a microscope. This particular group of students were specializing in bacteriology. The photograph was taken in during the spring semester of 1930.
A large class of Chinese music students pose for a group photograph with Mary Grace French Dilley. The picture was taken in the Dilley's garden. All of the students are young women.
A large group of Chinese children pose for a group photograph outside of the Salvation Army barracks after a children's worship service at Shepherd Hall. These children were all refugees. Many of the children are dressed in Western clothing.