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Album 19 contains: scenes at Ginling Girls College evacuated to Chengtu including: students leaving class, during lessons, in the library, practicing archery and Chinese dance, views of the college buildings and grounds, portraits of Dr Wu, President of the College; scenes in Chengtu including: rickshaws for hire in the street, a porcelain shop, a grocers shop, a barbers shop, a Chinese teahouse, women fishing in a stream; scenes at West China Union University in Chengtu including: views of the exterior of the College of Science, view of the refectory, students walking in the grounds and attending a lecture; scenes at the Agricultural College of Nanking University at Chengtu including: students resting, reading and eating in the grounds, views of the college courtyard with students setting up apparatus under the guidance of experts, views of the college entrance gate, portraits of Dr Chen Yu-kuang, the President of Nanking University; portrait of Dr A K Wu, Foreign Affairs Commissioner for Sichuan and Sikang Provinces of China in the Government Office, Chengtu; scenes showing US Airmen watching a game of baseball in the grounds of a hospital at Chengtu; scene in a Chinese Hospital in Chengtu including: an outpatient waiting for treatment, a laboratory worker, the exterior of the hospital; scenes in the Cooperative Printing Plant, Chengtu, including: boys at work, the manager of the plant and the exterior of the building; scenes at Yenching University, evacuated from Peoping to Chengtu including: a cadet of the University Cavalry School, one of the students, Dr Y P Mei, President of the University, exterior views of the main entrance; scenes at the Victory Nursery, Chungking including: portraits of some of the pupils and views of children having a meal; series entitled "A.R.P. in Chunking" showing: a roll call at the Fire Brigade HQ, portraits of one of the firemen, members of the public watching their demonstration; scenes showing Chinese students attending a lecture on Local Government at Pihu Military Training Centre; views of the village of Kwang-chang, on the river Fu he, Kiangsi Province including: street scenes, portraits of villagers, portrait of the Irish Missionary Father, village women fishing; portraits of Mrs K C Wu, wife of the Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.