Photograph of Zhonggue ren min jie fang jun soldiers during the Long March, 1936

Item — Box: 148, Folder: 20

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Item 6349

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1936

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 20 x 25 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Item- and file-level inventory available online.http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2219.xml

General

Former item number 2663.

General

Note on verso: "Only Pix known to Helen F. Snow to be photographed during the Long March, given to her by Wang Chen when he told his life to her. There were 3 or 4 Long Marches this was of the 2d Front Army. This pix would have been taken by a photographer in the town, not by any Red Army person. Wang was very proud of this pix--his most treasured possession carried on his Long March 1935-6. Wang Chen, political commissar for Hsiao Keh (2d Front Red Army), negotiating with Mao tribes at Pi Chieh-hsien, Kweichow, 1936, Feb. He rep. the 6th Red Army; for his story see The Chinese Communists."