China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Another Moslem flour-mill. This one is tied to the bank while the force of the water revolves the paddles on each side, and so with the use of primitive machinery inside the grain is ground. There are many of these along the Tao River between Kaolan and Linsia.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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A typical Moslem inn along the highway between Kaolan and Sining. That it is Moslem one knows by the sign of the teapot hanging just over the head of Dr. S.M. Zwemer in the pith helmet. These inns throughout China assure a Moslem traveler of 'kosher' food. They most often excel in cleanliness and service over their purely Chinese rivals. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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A friendly 'Salaam Aleikum' (Peace be upon you) along the way. The crocheted skull caps were mainly seen around Kuyuan and Northeast Kansu. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and One of the five pillars of Islam is the pilgrimage to Mecca. This important Moselm community of Southern Ningsia around Weichow has fifty Hajjis, or returned pilgrims. This man returned three days before the picture was taken. The tarboosh from Turkey was his pride and joy. There was warmth in his greeting of another traveler from afar.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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A Tunghsiang Hui or East Country Moslem. He and his kind live in finger-like valleys along the road between Kaolan and Linsia (Hochow) Kansu. These people, it is believed, are descendents of the Mongols and who still use their own language in the back blocks of the valley. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Semitic nose is a characteristic of many of the Chinese Moslems. This crocheted hat of the fried cake vendor of Weichow covers a peculiarly shaped head. Boys as well as men wear this Moslem headgear.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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A Moslem restaurant sign with the tea pot and the Arabic in the center. At the top are two Chinese characters 'ching' and 'chen,' clean and true. Just these two characters on many signs make a shop one where Moslems may eat. These correspond to the 'kosher' characters on a Jewish eating house. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Not all the children in the mosque schools are boys. These bonnie lassies attend a mosque school in Kinkihsien under the instruction of a blind ahung. Note the horn books under the arms of the two on the right.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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1
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Moslem veil in China, such is seen throughout the Northwest; Kansu, tsinghai and Ningsia. The neck and head are covered but the face is left exposed. Brides wear green veils and sometimes cover their faces. Such head coverings are not seen in the coastal provinces.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Friday worship commences. Those with white turbans are Tsang Ahung's student mullahs. Tsang Ahung was a religious leader in Hankow.
