Box 56
1 1131 Bill & Hugo storm read Press in China 1944 at Kunming (2 negatives)
2 1132 China 1944, 164th Signal Photo Company, Bill with Japanese sword (2 negs)
3 1133 On way home, 1/1946, Bill Shemorry and Gordon Cherry at Camp Kilinu (?), New York (11 negatives)
4 1134 China 1944, Shemorry gets mail after being with Chinese Army for 9 months (1 negative)
5 1135 China 1944, Bill and Chinese soldier (1 negative)
6 1136 Shemorry talks with woman Capt. In Chinese Army – Kunming 1944 (1 negative)
7 1137 Eddie Fay and Shemorry, China 1944 (1 negative)
8 1138 ___ 20 June, man with damaged photo supplies, 164th Signal Photo, headquarters in Kunming, China, 1945 (1 negative)
9 1139 164th Signal Photo, Lab receives damaged supplies, China, 1944 (1 neg)
10 1140 Shanghai, 10/1945, mostly on BUND (6 negatives)
11 1141 Bill close-up, China, 1944 (1 negative)
12 1142 Shanghai 9/1945, after World War II (44 negatives)
13 1143 Harbous at Shanghai, 8/1945, also B__d & other views (8 negatives)
14 1144 Bill in front of Chinese stone lion in Pao Shau (2 negatives)
15 1145 Hugo and Leonard, Hugo, Bill and Leonard, Chinese interpreter, boy, Bill in some of pix, also Chinese interpreter, China, 1945 (5 negatives)
16 1146 Pao Shau, Think How Café, Bill Randolph, Sydney Greenberg, Gene Veff, Shemorry (2 negatives)
17 1147 164th Signal Photo Company probably taken in Kunming, 10/1945 after War’s end (14 negatives)
18 1148 China 1944, Crash of C-47 strews Chinese money all over (3 negatives)
19 1149 Cartoons and art drawings, Ole Axhandle, Press Graphic logo, crowing Equator plaque, China 1944 (9 negatives)
20 1150 Christmas Celebration, Bill in hostel in Kunming, China, 1944 (1 negative)
21 1151 Chinese woman spinning yarn (1 negative)
22 1152 Bill pedaling water wheel, China 1944 (2 negatives)
23 1153 Little Chinese girl with straw hat, World War II China (1 negative)
24 1154 Bill and little girl in orphanage, China, 1944 (1 negative)
25 1155 China Edition of the Press Graphic, Vol. 1, No. 1, August 1944, short publication written by and with photographs by Bill Shemorry (1 item)
26 1156 Class in cinema photography (1 print)
27 1157 Men talking, from left to right: Colonel Cunyus, Captian Martin, Dr. Jalliffe, Colonel Urbach, Lt. Redgate; Jalliffe is fellow who predicted the Japanese might quiet (1 print)
28 1158 Bill at Cheng Tu Pres Hostel, China, 1944 (4 negatives)
29 1159 Professor from a Chinese University (1 print)
30 1160 Audience at military academy (1 print)
31 1161 At Chinese military academy, in and town, Chevg I Lun Chinese English Commissioner, Governor of Province (1 print)
32 1162 Men speaking on stage with American and Chinese flags (1 print)
33 1163 ____ Sergeant, 164th Signal Photo Company (1 print)
34 1164 Hsinching coolies (Asian laborers) & soldiers at Pagoda overlooking river (2 negatives and 2 prints)
35 1165 Four coolies propel Ferry at Hsiu Ching (1 negative and 1 print)
36 1166 Chinese Mayor of Small town near Chengtu, Bill Shemorry in some of pictures, China 1944 (12 prints and 9 negatives)
37 1167 Chengtu University, Wes, China (11 prints and 7 negatives)
38 1168 River near Hsiu Ching (3 prints and 3 negatives)
39 1169 Hsiu Ching – fishermen with big fish (4 prints and 1 negative)
40 1170 Thousands of coolies (Asian laborers) construction sloats (?), B-29 Base, Cheng Tu I think, China 1944 (1 negative)
41 1171 construction along Tu Airfield I think, build Airfield, China 1944 (1 neg)
42 1172 Chinese coolies pull roller, airport construction, China during World War II (2 negatives)
43 1173 Coolies pulling wagon, China, 1944 (1 negative)
44 1174 Chinese women washing clothes, probably at Cheugtu, China, 1944 (1 neg)
45 1175 Chengtu University, missionaries & GI’s have lunch (2 prints + 1 negative)
46 1176 Chengtu, Bill S drivers Jeep off Ferry (1 negative)
47 1177 __ __ ___ Herd of pure bred milk cattle graze on Chengtu campus (1 neg)
48 1178 Chinese scenic pictures, Hsinching – Boy on ferry, Cheugtu, China, 1944 (4 prints and 1 negative)
49 1179 Bill in Press Hostel in Chingtu 4/1944, also 2 correspondents sunning themselves (3 prints and 5 negatives)
50 1180 Ferry at Hsiu Ching – propelled by one coolie (2 prints and 1 negative)
51 1181 Hsinching store, tree silhouette, rice paddy (3 negatives)
52 1182 G.I. quarters at Cheng Tu, China, 1944 (1 negative)
53 1183 G.I. quarters, Cheng Tu, China, 1944 (1 negative)
54 1184 Correspondents both inside and outdoor pictures, Chengtu, China, 6/1944 (2 negatives)
55 2001 Tibet, group with money on table (1 negative)
56 2002 Horse purchasing for Chinese Army, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
57 2003 Buying horses for Chinese Army, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
58 2004 Tibetans handling horses, 1945 (1 negative)
59 2005 Horse purchase mission Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
60 2006 “Horse purchase mission, what the hell are they doing? Castrating the horse? Tibet, 1945” (1 negative)
61 2007 Inoculating horses for Chinese Army, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
62 2008 men around an animal on the ground, Tibet (1 print)
63 2009 Men tying up a horse, Tibet, 1945 (1 print)
64 2010 Men tying up a horse, Tibet, 1945 (1 print)
65 2011 Branding horses bought for Chinese Army, forge – Capt Shea on right, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
66 2012 Branding horses in chute, Shea on left, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
67 2013 Tibet 1945, U.S. veterinarian personnel (1 negative)
68 2014 Horses in coral near mission headquarters, Mt. Minya Konka overlooks Valley (1 negative)
69 2015 Men on horses, a jeep and tents, Tibet, 1945 (1 print)
70 2016 Yak caravan goes past Tibetan Village (1 print + 1 negative)
71 2017 Yak caravan closer view (1 negative)
72 2018 High angle view of Tibetan Village where horse purchase mission has its headquarters (1 negative)
73 2019 Tibetans, Chinese & Americans of horse purchasing mission (1 negative)
74 2029 Mt. Minya Konka overlooks Valley – ten in foreground (1 negative)
75 2030 Mt. Minya Konka overlooks valley, telephoto lens view (1 negative)
76 2031 Mt. Minya Konka partly hidden by clouds – horse purchasing mission tent in foreground (1 negative)
77 2032 Mt. Minya Konka hidden by clouds, horse purchasing tent in foreground (1 negative)
78 2033 Mt. Minya Konka overlooks valley, high angle view (1 negative)
79 2034 High angle view of Valley with Ancient crumbling battlements in foreground (1 negative)
80 2035 Snow scene, G.I.’s throwing snowballs around tent of horse purchasing Mission (1 negative)
81 2036 Ray Lawless, Tibetan and T-4 snowman (1 negative)
82 2037 Still photograph, Bill Shemorry, Tibetian and T-4 Snowman (1 negative)
83 2038-2040 shoveling snow, Shemorry facing right; Lawless facing left, misc snow scene (3 negatives)
84 2041 Tibetan man and three sons (1 negative)
85 Four Tibetan women (1 negative)
86 2043 Tibetan man holding antique camera owned by Shemorry (1 print + 1 neg)
87 2044 Two Tibetan men and horse (1 print + 1 negative)
88 2045-2047 View of Tibetan Stone House, Mission Hq tent & horses, and wider angle shot, Tibetan stone house beside river (1 print + 3 negatives)
89 Salon Bassoon, Chinese Interpreter of English – Tibetan (1 negative)
90 2049-2056 Tibetan idol and other interior views of monastery, Tibet 1945 (9 negatives)
91 2057 Tibetan monks show G.I.’s prayer devices (1 negative)
92 2058 + 2059 Bridge in Chinese border city, Tibet 1945 (2 negatives)
93 2060 View of diked stream flowing thru middle of Chinese border city (1 neg)
94 2061 High angle view of Chinese City on Tibetan border (1 negative)
95 2062 Stone bridge near Chinese City on Tibetan border, Sino – American horse purchasing mission, Tibet, 1945 (1 print)
96 2063 + 2064 U.S. and Chinese officials, Tibet, 1945 (2 negatives)
97 U.S. and Chinese officials in border town in Jeep, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
98 2066-2068 on top of 1500 ft mountain pass, 3 views, Tibet 1945 (3 negatives)
99 2069 Clearing road to 1500 ft pass by hand, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
100 2070 Push Jeep to get up 1500 ft mountain pass, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
101 2071 Tibetans and G.I.’s – some GI’s dressed in Tibetan things, Tibet, 1945 (1 print and 1 negative)
102 2072-2077 Tibetans and Jeep, gather to view Jeep and Airplane, Tibet, 1945 (6 negatives)
56-103 2078-2080, airport 11,500 feet above sea canal, Tibetans push stuck airplane out of mud hole, Tibet 1945 (3 negatives)
104 2081 Airplane flies out of Tibetan airfield, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
105 2082 Tibetan watch as GI’s work radio, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
106 2083 Tibetans watch Americans cook meal, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
107 2084 Tibetans and US GI’s share meal, Tibet 1945 (1 negative)
108 2085 Tibetans watch Shemorry shave, Tibet 1945, Badly fogged (1 negative)
109 2086-2088 Shemorry shows Press to Tibetan women, Tibet 1945, Shows Press Graphic women Fashion Edition, Shows Milwaukee Journal green sheet (3 negs)
110 2089 Shemorry shows US paper to Tibetans, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
111 2090 Ray Lawless - motion photographer of 164th Signal Photo Co. (1 negative)
112 2091 Ray Lawless & Chinese orderly (1 print and 1 negative)
113 2092 Shemorry and antique camera, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
114 2093 Shemorry and Ray Lawless have pic taken on coral fence – Lawless has pet
something (1 negative)
115 2094 Ray Lawless & GIs pose on coral fence (1 negative)
116 2095 Shemorry sits on bench in quarters in store have while in Tibet (1 negative)
117 2096 two men with horse, Tibet (1 print)
118 2097 Art Hedge, Bill Randolph, Ray Lawless, Bill Shemorry, Tibet, 1945 (1 neg)
119 2098 Street scene, Chinese City on Tibetan border (1 negative)
120 2099 Members of Horse Purchasing mission ford Tibetan river, Tibet, 1945 (1 negative)
121 2100 Snow pix, Tibet 1945 (12 negatives)
122 2101 164th Sig Photo Co, APO 627, Photo by PVT W.E. Shemorry, T/4 Earl D. Leet, Crestwood Ky, 45th Vet Det. Checking over a horse held by a Chinese Mafu. Leet was just promoted in September (1 print)
123 2012 Village on way to Tibet or near Cheng Tu, China, 1944 (1 negative)
124 2103 Japanese on stone bridge – Tibet – 3/1945 (1 negative)
125 2104 World War II – Bill in Tibet fishing with carbine shooting fish in Tibetan river, and Pogodas (2 negatives)
126 2105 Living Buddha of Tibet visits Air Base at Hsuiching, near Chengtu (1 negative)
Also included is a listing written by Shemorry of the Tibetan negatives and a handkerchief with a lion or dragon that says “China 1944”
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