"Slightly larger than any of the cases I brought out! V.V.B.'s hospital things: (mattresses, blankets, etc.) being lowered from ship to barge in Swatow harbor. This broke open when being loaded on the ship in S.F. all contents fell out & had to be repacked!" Men are using pulleys and ropes to unload a large wooden shipping case from a ship in Swatow Harbor, Swatow [now Shantou], China.
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