People and places in South China District

Groups include: people at cooked food stall in Canton [Guangzhou] street ; candidates for the ministry, Hong Kong; Chinese Wesleyan Boy Scouts, Hong Kong; man, woman and children in Wesley Village, Hong Kong; children of Kowloon Methodist Primary School on a picnic; 4 North River catechists; Dr Lee...

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Order number: MMS Box 1197a
Date(s) of creation: c 1920-c 1950
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS Box 1197a
Summary: Groups include: people at cooked food stall in Canton [Guangzhou] street ; candidates for the ministry, Hong Kong; Chinese Wesleyan Boy Scouts, Hong Kong; man, woman and children in Wesley Village, Hong Kong; children of Kowloon Methodist Primary School on a picnic; 4 North River catechists; Dr Lee with wife and child, Kukong Hospital [Shaoguan]. People include: man [possibly missionary] with two young Chinese children in garden, Tsang Sha, Canton [Guangzhou]; Chinese girl dressed as Mary in nativity play, Fatshan [Foshan]; orphan from Kukong Hospital, transferred to Springfield Orphanage. Events include: South China Synod, 1950. Activities include: men pushing cart loaded with sugar cane in Canton [Guangzhou] street; shoe shine bys playing Chinese chess in Canton [Guangzhou] street; refugees building bamboo houses, doing embroidery [possibly in Hong Kong]. Places or buildings include: leper village, Canton [Guangzhou]; view of Canton [Guangzhou] from river; interior of Chinese Wesleyan church, Hong Kong; Kowloon church, Hong Kong; interior of English Wesleyan church, Hong Kong; Chinese Methodist church, Hong Kong; street scene, Stanley Village, Hong Kong; Kukong Hospital. Also includes: water transport in North River circuit. Prints taken by/received from: J Evison; F H Ling; [Clifford Vallence] Cook.
Previous numbers: MMS/13/20/02/09
Extent: 24 images comprising 1 negative, printing out paper and silver gelatin prints
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by various
File number: 9
Format: Archive