Pastor Andrew Gih and fellow missionaries Betty Hu and Alice Lan spread the gospel of Christianity, Chinatown, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Pastor Andrew Gih and fellow missionaries Betty Hu and Alice Lan spread the gospel of Christianity, Chinatown, 1936

Date Created

January 4, 1936

Date

1936-01-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Ever since 34-year-old Pastor Andrew Gih was accidentally sent to a missionary school as a child in Shanghai he has forsaken Confucianism and spread the gospel of Christianity across China and the United States.
Dressed in winter coats Pastor Gih and two other Chinese women congregate beside him on the sidewalk. They hold books, a handheld harpsichord and a poster that depicts a cross on a mountaintop with Chinese lettering.
Photograph appears with the article, "China Sends Pastor Here," Los Angeles Times, 04 Jan 1936: A3.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: This trio of evangelists may be seen nightly preaching the gospel in Chinatown. Left to right are Pastor Andrew Gih, Betty Hu and Alice Lan. Gih in his youth forsook his oriental religion and embraced Christianity.
Handwritten on negative: Alice Lan Betty Hu Andrew Gih
Text from negative sleeve: 4369 - LtR - Pastor Andrew Gih Miss Betty Hu Miss Alice Lan Chinese Evangelist. 1-2-36 [stamped:] Jan 7 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gih, Andrew
Hu, Betty M.
Lan, Alice

Location

Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Christianity--California--Chinatown
Evangelists
Missionaries--Chinese--California--Chinatown