This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
View from Block 23, looking ± North towards block 15 (left) and Block 22 (right)
Market Square in the foreground and Tin-Pan Alley heading to the Church/Assembly Hall.
The first two rooms of Block 22 are where the de Jongh family lived during WWII
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Looking at Block-23 and Block-24 (left)
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
The boundary wall ---
The hospital as we know it was built in 1924 (Shady Side Hospital) and Eric Gustafson's photo was taken in 1908! It was the first hospital built in WeiHsien and there is a picture of it in Norman's chapter. There was a Hospital, a women's dispensary and a men's dispensary.
Furthermore, if you click on this link in Norman's chapter: you will notice that the outside wall has exactly the same curve and if you compare this photo with Eric Gustafson's of 1908 - you will notice that the Japs added a small boundary wall (on the ground denivellation) and a watchtower mounted with search lights and machine guns.
The door seen in Eric's photo is the secondary door (closed) as mentioned in Father Verhoeven's map. Remember, it was there that Father Hanquet was waiting, very early in the morning before roll-call, with a rope ladder for the eventual return of the escapees when Hummel & Tipton escaped from the camp ---
The main entrance, as I mentioned previously, is not visible on the photo and we can easily guess that the river is lazily flowing in the foreground.
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
The entrance of a Chinese city --- Weifang
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Teachers' villas ---
The picture must have been taken from the first floor of Block-23, the main-building in 1908!
What we called: "Block-24" is quite visible on the right of the photograph.
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Church / Assembly Hall
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Main Street
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Looking to the North-East ---
The grave mounds in the foregound are clearly visible and so are the tower of Block-23 and the Church/Assembly Hall.
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
From the tower of Block-23
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
The City --- Wei or Fang Ze --- now Weifang --- ????
... the same place from a different orientation. Photo taken from a B-29 bomber just after our liberation in 1945.
in Norman's chapter: you will notice that the outside wall has exactly the same curve and if you compare this photo with Eric Gustafson's of 1908 - you will notice that the Japs added a small boundary wall (on the ground denivellation) and a watchtower mounted with search lights and machine guns.
