Includes photographs of St. John's College, Shanghai; Boone School, Wuchang; St. Peter's Hospital, Wuchang; St. Peter's Church, Hankou (Hankow). Buildings, faculty, students, clergy, etc. represented. Also of interest: Imperial Examination cells at Na...
A Chinese boy, who is missing his right leg, poses for a photograph with his crutches in front of a painted background. The painting gives the illusion that he is standing in front of a bridge on a body of water surrounded by mountains. A note in the ...
A large crowd gathers in front of a hospital to watch an ambulance unload its patients. A rickshaw man is hurrying along the street to the far left. Some children are present in the crowd. One man is lighting up a cigarette. Several of the men are wea...
A close-up of the crucifix over the altar at St. Lioba's Church and Garden Shrine in Wuhu reveals the details in the representation of Christ. This was also the site of the Convent of the Sisters of the Transfiguration.
A portrait of Dr. Andrew Gih and his wife. This is a photographic postcard which was addressed to Mary Grace French Dilley. Written on the reverse side of the postcard: "To dear Grace with loving prayers. From [Mrs. Gih's name is illegible] and Andrew...
A ground level view of the eastern gateway to the Sianfu [Xianfu] mission. The gate leads through a massive stone wall. A paved stone road lays before the gate. The road is heavily trafficked by Chinese laborers hauling wheelbarrows. A number of Chine...
A factory committee in China poses for a group portrait. Most of the committee is Chinese. However, four westerners are present. Several of the committee members are women. Mary Grace French Dilley is seated fourth in from the right in the front row. ...
A Chinese family hauls their belongings in a wheelbarrow. A young man is pushing the wheelbarrow. An infant is sitting on top of the goods in the wheelbarrow. A straw mat and some clay jugs are among their belongings. Their clothing is worn and tatter...
A youthful picture of Dr. Francis Lister Hawks Pott who was president of St. John's University in Shanghai (1896-1947). Dr. Pott was an educator and Protestant Episcopal Church missionary in China. He was born in New York City and educated at Columbia...
A Peking Funeral Procession Large crowd with confetti descending. White bursts like fireworks in the middle of the crowd. Bursts are possibly paper decorations or an effect added to photo later. Bottom corner of another photo in the album is laid ove...
"Play. Gamewell School activities, work and play, 1920." Six girls are playing a game with a ball while other girls watch them from seats around the periphery of the gymnasium.
"First class from the Peking Union Nurses Training School to receive diplomas from the National Nurses Association, Spring, 1918." Five young women dressed in nurses uniforms.
A small class of eight Chinese students pose for their graduation from St Luke's School of Nursing in Shanghai. All of the graduates are men. They are holding their diplomas. Several Western nurses and professors, both Western and Chinese, are also pr...
A group portrait of a missionary hunting party. Almost every member of the group is holding a rifle or a shotgun. Two of the men have binoculars. The carcasses of their kills are laid out behind them. Written on the back of the photograph: "Hunting Pa...
A crucifix on an altar is positioned in a corner of the building. Two religious paintings hang on opposite walls. A few banners with Chinese writing flank the two paintings. On the back of this photograph the word "Anniversary" is written.
"Tsing-chou-fu Church" This is an interior view of the church facing the pulpit from behind the wooden pews. There are stained glass windows on the wall behind the pulpit.
A tiny inhabited island sits in the middle of the Yangtze River. The island is a large rock with a steep incline. Several buildings are built on the sheer face of the rock.
"Miss Gilman's Geometry Class. Mrs. Chisu's Algebra Class. Mary Porter Gamewell School, 1908." Students are drawing diagrams on the blackboard and listening to an explanation of a mathematical formula.
"In the spring of 1897 substantial buildings were put up at the hills for the accommodation of such girls as could not return to their homes for summer vacation. School closed and girls were domiciled at the hills with Miss Young in charge."
A graveyard lies behind the American missionary church in the east suburbs of Ningpo [Ningbo]. Notes on the sleeve of the photo album state that the missionaries Jenkins and Robertson were interred there. The Rev. Dean Goddard preached at this Church....