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 (behind the trees) are where the deJongh family lived during WWII
This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
Looking at Block-23 and Block-24 (left)
The "Elephant Exchange" shack is just behind block-24 and leaning against the compound's boundary wall.
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.
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This photo was taken in 1908 by Eric Gustafson's grand father ---
The entrance of a Chinese city --- Weifang