Chinese preachers and colporteurs, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, ca. 1910

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Title: Chinese preachers and colporteurs, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, ca. 1910
Published / Created: 1900-1920
Publication Place: Fukien, Ing Tai, China, Asia
Description: A large group of Chinese preachers and colporteurs posing for a group picture in traditional Chinese garb. Written under this photograph in its album: "Preachers and colporteurs (bible sellers) connected with the Ing Hok station. They travel among the mountains through the 36 townships of the Ing Hok fields."
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: 9.0 x 11.9 cm

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