Mountain chair and load carriers, south west China, ca. 1949.

"Mountain chair and load carriers." Missionary party travelling through the mountains.; 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.山轿与驮运装载工具。 穿行于山地的传教使团。 该作品为题为《石门》的系列幻灯幻灯片之一。贵州省石门坎（Shimenkan）是卫理公会向中国西南地区的苗族民众开展传教工作的核心据点。此项传教工作由塞缪尔·波拉德（Samuel Pollard，1864-1915）于约1904年启动，彼时为回应日益增多的苗族求道者，他在石门坎建立了该传教中心。