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Identifier
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Walker_01
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Title
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Joseph E. Walker and Students in Shaowu
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Description
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A photograph captioned "Class of men training for Christian work, and three teachers." The image shows the Christian missionary teacher Joseph Elkanah Walker (white hair, center), sitting with two other missionary teachers and five students. The photograph was most likely taken circa 1910-1915 at the Shaowu Theological Training School which was overseen by American Board Station in Shaowu, Fukien province, China.
Joseph Elkanah Walker was a missionary in Shaowu, China from 1872 through the 1930s. He was the son of the early Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker. He graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1867.
This image is a scan from the book by Edwin Dwight Kellogg, "Work of the American Board Station in Shaowu, Fukien, China" (Shaowu: 1915). Text appearing near this image in the book notes: "Young men of promise who have had a good Chinese education, but who have not had sufficient training in Western methods to profit by training at Nanking, are invited to study in the Shaowu Theological Training School, where there are courses in the Old and New Testament, Biblical Introduction and History, Church History, Pedagogy, and Pastoral and General Theology. These young men may become evangelists, booksellers, teachers, or assistants in various positions of opportunity." More images and context may be found in the book.
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Date: Year(s)
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1910/1915
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Date: Display
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1910-1915
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Copyright
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English
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