Image courtesy of Howard Wilson, taken from an 87 page booklet, "Story of the Hop Yat Church", published by the church in 1929. Howard's wife's grandfather, James Choy Hing, is at the extreme left of the middle row.
Update: Though the booklet was printed in 1929 the photo is dated to 1921 as noted in the comments below. I've updated the date.
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1921
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Mr. Jan
Mr. Jan Con-Sang. Top left corner of this 1921 etched in stone image of the 18 founding fathers of Hong Kong side Hop Yat Church. The Hop Yat Church was not built until 1929, info etched on the marbel plague. Mr. Jan joined the 1896 First Congregational Church in Prescott, Territorial Arizona, U.S.A. after 30 years of hard work in America before returning home to China in 1902 so said a Rev. Parker of 1940 Prescott, Arizona First Congregational Church. Facebook Group: JanConSang_aka_ChasJanWann_Prescott_Arizona.
Mr Jan was also one of the founders of Sincere Department Store, his eldest son Mr. C.P.Cheng was branch manager in ShangHai China when it was desroyed by a Japanese air-aide in 1937. He survived the bombing and soon moved down to Hong Kong and began working at the Hong Kong branh a manager...
It reads 1921 !
The tiny Chinese words on the very top of this group photo reads from right to left: 1921 year.
Mr. and Mrs. Jan and family 1920s 1930s?
Story of Mr. Jan appeared in U.S.A. newspapers
Don't remember when and where I download this story. Here means Prescott Arizona? Tombstone? Paso Robles in California? Our great grandfather ended up Prescott, Territorial Arizona for sure in 1894-96 after he arrived America in very likely 1874 when he was 14 years of age, shipped out on a junk from China, possibly Hong Kong in 1874 or so? or perhaps 1875..trans Pacific voyage to America on a junk....then by train to territorial Arizona???
Julian Cheng
1921 not 1926 or 1929
The tiny wordings on the very top of this page reads: 1921 from right to left, horizontally.
Hop Yat Church, Hong Kong headquarter
I believe that this photo plague is still inside today's Hop Yat Church(Church of Christ in China) , Hong Kong side headquarter if it was not damaged during the "3 years 8 months" occupations by the Japanese from Christmas day 1940-1943.