Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral., and Preparing for procession to the grave. Children are milling around the street. To the left, several paper figures carrying flags are visible.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Coffin being carried to the grave. An elaborately designed coffin is being carried through the street by many attendants., and From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral., and Paper articles to burn at grave. Many elaborately made items of paper, including a man on a horse, banners, and gifts, piled together. They will later be burned at a grave site, as an offering for the deceased.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Chinese houseboat arriving at Suifu. Party of friends on shore to welcome passengers with chairs. American Standard Oil Company's store house on distant shore. [now Yibin] A boat on the water, several people on it who are coming off. There is a large group of people on the shore waiting for them. A sedan chair is sitting on the ground, waiting for a passenger.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Climbing to the top of Tai San, the holy mount of Shantung, visited by Confucius two-thousand-years-ago. [now Tai Shan] [now Shandong] A Chinese man is sitting on a rock along the path up the mountain. There is a primitive rolling device near him, and seems to be an inscription on a large rock behind him.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and At the top of Tai San, the holy mount of Shantung province. The stairs are so steep that men and boys help pilgrims up the slope. [now Tai Shan] [now Shandong] A temple is visible at the top of the mountain, with many stairs leading to it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and One of the smallest of some eight walled cities in our Suifu outstation district where we only are doing Protestant Christian work. (+ I am the only foreign pastor!) This is beautiful Gung Hsein, 70 eng miles from Suifu, to the S.E. [now Yibin] A distance view of the village, which is surrounded by trees and mountains.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and USS Palos, which carries 'old Glory' to the edges of civilization. Suifu is the highest point on the Yangtzi river that this small gunboat or any steamer can come. [now Yibin] [now Yangtse] A large Western ship on the river. Cliffs are visible in the background
"Raft on Tong river as we go home to Kiating from Conference in Yachow." [now Leshan] A raft near the shore with people on board, rowing. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Helping a raft on the Tong river to cross over stones on a very shallow section -- every body 'out.'" Several people are out of the raft, working to move it along the stones in a shallow portion of the river. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.