Presbyterian Research Centre archivist Rachel Hurd shows some of the thousands of photographs in the archives collection of the church’s Chinese village mission to Canton. PHOTO: SIMON HENDERSON : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

The Chinese Mission Church and manse can still be seen today in Carroll St. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

The Chinese Mission Church and manse, about 1897. PHOTOS: PRESBYTERIAN RESEARCH CENTRE ARCHIVES  : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

Sister Elizabeth Prentice with her Chinese nurses and village women who have brought their babies in for washing and dressing to prevent tetanus, between 1917-23. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

The Hospital of Universal Love in Kong Chuen, 1935. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

Ko Tong market beside Tsung Fa River in Canton, 1929. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

In this photo from 1905, three Chinese women carry babies on their backs. The woman on the left has bound feet. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

A group of people search through rubble of bombed houses for wounded after an attack in 1940. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

A studio portrait of Rev Alexander Don taken in about 1901. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures

Six Yan Woh school boys stretch out their hands on a ladder in 1916. A former church in Dunedin offers a glimpse into the citys early connection with the Chinese community. : City’s Cantonese connection preserved in pictures