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| My mother, Elisabeth Hook, as a nurse student in the late l920-s. | My father Ivar Hook 1926, 23 years old, when he entered the Mission School at Lidingö. |
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Old pictures updated januari 21, 2006 The
following pictures take you back to the l930-s, to my parents' journeys between
Sweden and East Turkestan and to life in those days
in Yarkend and Kashgar. For the full story go to My mother's
diary and Lifestories. It
is seldom written in my parents' album who actually took a certain photograph.
My father Ivar Hook took most of the pictures. The Swedish missionaries (Swedish
Mission) were excellent photographers and they gave each other of their
pictures. I know that John Törnquist, Sigfrid Moen and Sigrid Larsson
Selvey gave pictures to my parents. Let us now enjoy the treasures from these albums. Gradually I will add on more old pictures. You are welcome back.
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| My mother, Elisabeth Hook, as a nurse student in the late l920-s. | My father Ivar Hook 1926, 23 years old, when he entered the Mission School at Lidingö. |
| Ivar Hook dressed up for the 7 week long caravan journey from Srinagar in northern India to Yarkend via Leh, Ladakh. |
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The caravan road on an enormous slope of sand and gravel. Sometimes a horse was sent ahead to make sure that the road would not give way. This view is from my mother's second journey out l934 via Gilgit to Kashgar. |
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Caravan road on the Gilgit route. One wonders how this road was built at the very beginning!? To me it looks like a swallow's nest stuck to the rock. |
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The
famous Id Kah Mosque
in Kashgar as it looked in
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| My parents arrived in Yarkend in December 1931. In spite of being on the horse back for 7 weeks over the Himalayas, they still enjoyed going for a ride. This photograph is from January 1932. |
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| The girls at the girls' home in Jarkend with their helpers and
the Swedish missionaries Ester Johansson, Lisa Gahns and Gerda Andersson.
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| Patients and staff at the Mission Hospital in Kashgar. My father, Ivar Höök, is seen in the background towards the left. | 
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In l933 there were times of unrest in East Turkestan. My mother and a group of other missionaries were sent home to Sweden via the Pamir Mountains and Russia. Three days after her arrival in Stockholm she gave birth to my elder brother Gunnar. |
| Ismael Akhon and Abdullah Akhon with their families. They were teachers in the Swedish Mission School in Kashgar in the l930-s. |
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The Church in Jarkend l928.
Stina Mårtensson with patients.
In Kader Akhond's home
The hospital worker Emin Akhon
Samuel's family
The Uighur Dr Nur Luke worked with Bible translation in India. (from "Sett och hört i Indien", photo: G Niklasson)
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Johannes
Avetaranian. John Tornquist took this photo. It is found in a book about
the first 25 years in East Turkestan, published 1917 by the Swedish
Mission.
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