Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Portrait of General Chang Wei-jung and his wife upon their arrival at a Los Angeles train station. Chang Wei-jung, hat in hand, is dressed in a Western suit and tie; his wife wears a traditional Chinese dress and holds a bouquet of flowers. They were on their way to Cuba where Chang Wei-jung assumed the post of Minister for China. Text from negative sleeve: Gen. Wei-Jung Chang, Mrs. Wei Jung-Chang, Chinese General, 1753, 8/10/35 Handwritten on negative: Gen. Wei-Jung Chang & Wife, 8/10/35, Text from newspaper caption: Gen. Wei-jung Chang, former commander of China's air force, and his wife, shown as they arrived here yesterday en route to Havana, where he is to serve as his country's Minister to Cuba [Los Angeles Times, "Countrymen Welcome Envoy," 8/11/1935].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10139 ark:/21198/zz002ddx2h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People Military air pilots--Chinese--California--Los Angeles International Diplomats--Chinese--California--Los Angeles Generals--Chinese--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--Chinese--California--Los Angeles Chang, Wei-jung, 1898-
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