"Arch over main highway. Road only for foot passengers or horses. No wheel vehicles were used then. Arches were in honor of widows who did not remarry." A prominent stone arch with relief decorations in the stone and dragon sculptures on each of the roof levels is shown above a road paved with large stones. A man alongside a horse are seen in the foreground.
"W. E. Manly with a village group, probably church members. 1930's." W. E. Manly is depicted with a group of men, women and children from a Sichuan village.
"From our windows. Pagoda at Tzechow (Tzechung). Roof in foreground mission residence." The top levels and roofs of the pagoda at Tzechow are seen in detail. Intricately carved railings surround the porch on each level. Curved poles of bamboo on the roofs create a corrugated effect.
"Rough road leading through a narrow gorge in the O. Mei Sau, a well known mountain in the far west of China Szchwan [Sichuan] Province. Black Dragon canyon near the Flying Bridges. W. E. Manly, Plainfield, Bremer Co. Iowa." A narrow gorge path is constructed of wood planks on top of tree poles that span the stream.
The altar area of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chengdu is shown from the back of the church during a worship service. Banners in Chinese hang on the front walls.
"Ichang [Yichang] 1927." Small boats are shown docked alongside the Yangtze River as a steamboat passes by. A boat being constructed or repaired is seen on shore. A pointed mountain peak rises up from the opposite riverbank.
