"Chi I School of Midwifery, about 1939 or 1940. 'Han Suyin' in back row." Marian Manly poses with several student midwives outside the school. Several of the young women are seen holding infants.
"Tsicheo [Tzechow] Girls' School. 1906. All with bound feet except two daughters of Lin family (gentry) at right end back row." The young girls are shown together outside of a building.
"Makers of Idols. American Dispensary, Chungking, China." A man is shown putting the finishing touches on a figurine. Several finished pieces stand on a countertop for sale. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
"Public pipe - The man holding the waterpipe (for tobacco), would sell 3 puffs to all comers, in public places." A young man is shown wearing a pouch for tobacco and holding a pipe for a young woman customer.
"Shoemaker, Photographed in studio by Mr. Davidson of Friends' Mission. Dates from 1890's." A man is shown at work making a shoe or boot. Stacks of cut shoe soles and lengths of cording can be seen nearby.
"W. E. M. with church group, probably at Jienchow, where Mr. & Mrs. Fung lived (he at far left back row; she at far right front row)." Members of a local Methodist church group are shown together outside a church.