Photos American missionary Dr. T.W. Ayers, Chinese people early 1900s

Set of four (4) photos mounted on thick cardboard. Taken by Southern Baptist missionary Dr. Thomas Ayers during his stay as a missionary in Huanxian northern China, from 1901 to 1926.

Shows everyday life of Chinese people in that area. One appears to be a funeral procession.

He was decorated by two presidents of China for work during a pulmonary plague, quarantine and Red Cross work during a civil war. He was the second living man to be honored with a monument in China, erected  in his honor in Huanxian after he left in 1926.

Card has damage, photos good shape.

Largest is  3 ¼” x 4 ¼”.

(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)