Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Wife of Nanking's Envoy To America Visits City," Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct 1935: A12. Mr. and Mrs. Kiang stand on the train platform, Mrs. Kiang holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand while Deson and Mrs. Sze stand on the steps of the train above them. Deson graduated from Cambridge University in 1933. He, along with his mother, wife of the Chinese Ambassador Alfred Sze, are passing through Los Angeles on their way to San Francisco to eventually board the S.S. President Pierce for China. Handwritten on negative: Yi-Seng S Kiang Mme Alfred Sze Deson Sze Mme Kiang Text from newspaper caption: Homeward bound, Deson Sze, son of the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, and his mother, Mme. Alfred Sze, above, passed through Los Angeles. They were greeted by Yi-seng S. Kiang, Vice-Consul here, and Mrs. Kiang. Text from negative sleeve: 2518 - Mme Alfred Sze Deson Sze (son) Yi-Seng S. Kiang Mme Kiang Wife of Chinese ambassador at Washington 10/16/35 [stamped:] Oct 23 1935
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8983 ark:/21198/zz002dgzm5
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Foreign visitors--Chinese--California Railroad trains--American--California--Los Angeles Travel--California--Los Angeles Sons--Chinese--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Bouquets Alumni--California--Los Angeles Consuls--Chinese--California--Los Angeles Spouses--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Sze, Deson C Tang, Yu-hua "Alice Kiang, Chang Kiang, Yi-seng, b. 1908
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