Vaccinations, south west China, ca. 1949.

"Vaccinating." Missionary and Miao preacher vaccinating babies. Ruth Kendall, shown here, and her husband worked in South West China from 1939 until the expulsion of all missionaries by the Communist government in 1951.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "Stone Gateway". Stone Gateway (Shimenkan) in Guizhou Province was the centre of Methodist missionary work to the Miao people of south west China. The work was begun by Samuel Pollard (1864-1915) ca.1904 when in response to increasing numbers of Miao enquirers he built the centre at Shimenkan