Alfred Jones began his service with the Baptist Missionary Society in China in 1876. He died in July 1905 when the temple in which he was sleeping was destroyed in a storm.
A view of the Yangtze River from a bund on the river's right bank. Several sailboats and a steam ship are on the river. The city of Ningpo [Ningbo] can be seen in the distance.
A few patients are being treated in the Outpatients Department at St. Luke's Hospital in Shanghai. One man removes gauze from his left leg. Two hospital staff members dressed in white stand by. Two young children are also present.
A patient is unloaded from a Red Cross ambulance. He is being taken into St. Luke's Hospital in Shanghai. The Chinese men carrying the patient are referred to as "coolies" by the photographer.
"Anhwei [now Anhui] Chingyanghsien. Showing the distant and near ranges; the latter consists of red sandstone conglomerate and gravels with a more or less peneplane level. Barbour"
A courtyard at St. John's University in Honkew [Hongkou]. Honkew [Hongkou] was a district of Shanghai that housed a large Jewish minority. The courtyard is surrounded by a two story brick building. The university's facilities were utilized by the staf...
A street level view of St. Luke's Hospital in Shanghai. Parked automobiles line the street side while rickshaws pass by. Street lamps are hanging over the middle of the road.
A view of the wharf at Kiukiang [Jiujiang] from the banks of the Yangtze River. A steam ship is docking at the wharf. There many people around the wharf. Two piles of lumber are in the foreground.
"Tartar City Day School on Chen Chiang Lu-tung. Kaug Jui Hsin as teacher." Primary school children and teacher in various forms of costume, some holding fans.
"A corner of training school, school room. Mrs. Po in the foreground. She refused to unbind her feet until her second year in school. Then she unbound her feet, as did all who entered school in the autumn of 1897. From which date no bound feet in scho...
"Peking Bible Training School, 1923" A group of approximately twenty-five Chinese women, plus two children, posed in front of a building with elaborate wood lattice work.
A crucifix hangs over the altar at St. Lioba's Church and Garden Shrine in Wuhu. This was also the site of the Convent of the Sisters of the Transfiguration.