Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
3 images. Chinese kids named after music scale, 2 July 1960. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thai Octavia -- 6 years Sisi -- 8 years Lala -- 11 years Soso -- 12 years Fafa -- 13 years Rere -- 17 years Dodo -- 19 years Rex Satellite -- 2 years Roy Uranium -- 10 years. Supplementary material reads: "City Desk. Monday Early. Att.: Harry Morgan. Story to come. Gershon. Illus. Chinese Scale. 1/2: Octavia, 6 Sisi, 8 Lala, 11 Soso, 12 Fafa, 13 Rere, 17 Dodo, 19 Mother Mrs. Robert C. Thai, holding Rex Satelite, 2 Roy Uranium, 10, standing in front of dad, Robert C. Thai. Mimi, 15, rest of musical Thai's not shown. She arrives ahead to find lodgings. Photo taken on Matson Liner Matsonia. Other pix show father Robert C. Thai leading his musical scale named daughters in song. Standing between father and Mrs. Thai, is Roy Uranium, 10 Mrs. Robert C. Thai hiding Rex Satelite, 2 daghters [sic] left to right Dodo Rere Fafa Soso Lala Sisi and Octavia".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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