The women's hospital at Ing Hok, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, ca. 1910

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Title: The women's hospital at Ing Hok, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, ca. 1910
Published / Created: 1900-1920
Publication Place: Fukien, Ing Tai, China, Asia
Description: A view of the roof of the women's hospital from the southern side of the missionary residence at Ing Hok [Ing Tai]. Written above this photograph in the album it was pasted: "Looking south from the front of mission residence. Roof of women's hospital second floor, of which now used for girls' boarding school. Over church tower, across the river, are the Buddhist pagoda and Confucian monastery. Between, church on one hill and pagoda on the other, the city of Ing Hok with 20,000 inhabitants."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The Smiths were a family of Congregational missionaries in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou]. Edward Huntington Smith devoted nearly 50 years of his life to running an orphanage, raising funds, and promoting Christian education in Ing Tai, Fukien [Fujian], China. His wife, Grace W. Thomas Smith served as a Kindergarten teacher in the United States and China.
Extent: 9.9 x 11.5 cm

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