Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Rescued Missionary Here," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan 1934: A6. Danish physician and missionary Dr. Niels Nielson has spent six months being held for ransom of $170, 000 by Chinese bandits. His wife, Kirstine Nielson, received letters for six months demanding the sum, with threats to her husband's life. He was released after $4000 was paid. Dr. Nielsen and his wife sit side-by-side with their hands in their laps, unsmiling. Text from newspaper caption: Harrowing experiences are fresh in the memories of this couple, Dr. and Mrs. Niels Nielsen, below, just returned to the United States after having spent more than a quarter century in Manchukuo, but the pair plan to go back "out" to China after a visit here and in Denmark. Dr. Nielsen, a missionary physician, was held six months for ransom by bandits in Manchukuo recently, but holds no grievance against the Chinese. Text from negative sleeve: NIELSEN, NIELS DR. EXPLORER, 1934 Handwritten on negative: Dr. Niels Nieslen
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_6671 ark:/21198/zz002cwxn5
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Physicians--Danish--California--Los Angeles Missionaries--Danish--California--Los Angeles Hostages--Danish--California--Los Angeles Couples--California--Los Angeles Nielsen, Ane Kirstine, 1873-1947 Nielsen, Niels, 1875-1945
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