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Identification card for Hilda Wilson, a missionary working in China. The card folds in two, and contains a black and white photo of Hilda Wilson, and a stamp by the Yunnan Provincial Police Bureau. Hilda Wilson was the aunt of the donor, and was a missionary with the China Inland Mission in Szechwan from the 1930s until 1947.
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