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- All Subjects: Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945-Children
- All Subjects: China-Politics and government--1937-1945
- Creators: Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) Children's Dramatic Corps of the New 4th Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment. To the extreme right, front row, is a girl school teacher who was in charge of them. (Bottom photo) In the Women's Conference North of Hankow (Hankow).
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) soldiers gathering around (Bottom photo) a child
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) a women and two children (Middle photo) a troop marching (Bottom photo) War orphans (duplicated)
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
Chinese war orphans, adopted by the guerrillas in the enemy rear, were placed under a woman teacher (Normal School Graduate). They studied half a day, then presented little plays and sang patriotic songs to the soldiers half a day. The child in the foreground with his head down I tried to adopt as my son. (top photo)
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
DescriptionThe Yellow River at Tungkwan (Tongguan). (Bottom photo) Young child casualty of a Japanese Air Raid.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) When I went to the guerrilla army, the war orphans who had joined it and who grew to manhood in its ranks, gave me a night reception. They spend a number of hours each day in study and do light work the rest of the time. (Bottom photo) Tan Shen at the Pao An Tin School in Lihwang (Lihuang).
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
DescriptionAn election meeting preceding elections for village leaders. Central Hupeh (Hubei). In this "living education" system, villagers were taught methods of democratic elections, village and town administration.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo)Throughout Central China I found peasants with guns under Military Training. (Bottom photo) Twice a year, high school graduates and younger local officials took competitive examinations to enter Government Officers Training Schools.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
{Top photo}The Mayor of Hwangchuan (Huangchuan) , Honan (He'nan); Major-General Wang Chan-ping, of the 7th Army; and Special Commissioner Mai Ta-fu of Hwangchuan. (Bottom photo) Members of the ancient peasant secret society, the Hwang Shih Hwei, in North Hupeh (Hubei), a big sword society that practices mystic rites but fight the Japanese. They wear yellow insignia.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Contributor)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) Red Army Soldiers.
(Bottom photo) "Little Devil" Buglers.