"Swatow [Shantou] 70th Anniversary Memorial Church. Taken from just west of the front of the old church building." This church building has been constructed using Chinese architectural styles. There is a stone wall around the building.
"Swatow [Shantou] Acad. Dormitory: Built of granite and reinforced concrete, proof against typhoons, earthquakes, and white ants. Begun Spring 1918, + finished in the Summer 1919. It is so high we could not get a view from the level without cutting ...
"A shop, restaurant, & house. III. Earthquake at Swatow [Shantou] Feb. 13, 1918." All that is left of most of the buildings depicted here is a pile of rubble. The roofs have entirely caved in because of the earthquake. Some people stand in front o...
"View from a hull about 1/2 mile south of [?] Bapt. Mission Compound: looking over the compound at Swatow [Shantou] in the background. Large buildings at left is Theological Seminary." This panorama view shows the buildings mentioned in the caption ...
"Mabelle Culley with W.W. 9 girls in front of our house. Looking north-east of [Bottefruh's] Rock. Swatow [Shantou] Bay." A female missionary stands next to a group of girls who are sitting on rocks. Behind and below them is a bay with boats in it...
"Railroad Station, Swatow [Shantou]." People walk around in the courtyard in front of a railroad station. There are trains off to both sides of the photograph. The man closest to the camera carries a pole on his back that has two baskets hanging fr...
Subject (Geographic):
Shantou (Guangdong Sheng, China)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings; Indigenous populations; Railway transport
"Impang koi street where our Swatow [Shantou] Chapel is. Feb 13, 1918 Earthquake." This view of a street shows a lot of damage from an earthquake. People are standing among the rubble. Pieces of buildings are lying in the street.
"Train between Swatow [Shantou] and Chaochowfu [Chao'an]. Shows train arriving at Swatow." A few people are getting off the train in the station and stepping directly onto the train tracks instead of the depot on the other side of the train. The tr...