People gathered by shaded booths, China, ca. 1904

Published/Created:

China, Asia
1904

Physical Description:

9 x 14 cm.

Notes:

A number of people are shown standing around booths roofed over with branches. Simple palanquins lie on the ground, lengths of branches fastened to chairs.
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.
This photograph is labeled "1904", but the Morgans did not arrive in China until 1905.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.

Topics:

Customs and traditions

Accession Number:

IMP-YDS-RG126-035-0464-0008

Genre:

general views (AAT)
photographs (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Creator:

Morgan, Lorenzo Seymour, 1875-1955
Morgan, Ruth Bennett, 1877-1955

Source Title:

Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan Papers

Source Created:

1862-2001

Call Number:

RG 126

Box:

35

Folder:

464

Yale Collection:

Divinity Library

Digital Collection:

Divinity Library Photographs

OID:

11478734

PID:

digcoll:1016824