Edgar Snow photograph of Zhonggue ren min jie fang jun soldiers, 1936

Item — Box: 148, Folder: 14

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Item 6270

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Dates

Creation: 1936

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 16 x 16 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 2996.

General

Note on verso: "99. 'Redbeard'. The unshaven gentleman in the rear is not a Russian advisor (of whom, contrary to propaganda reports, there are none at all with the Chinese Red Army), but none other than your photographer (Edgar Snow, who brought the first pictures of Red China out to the world that have ever been made available to the press). This picture was taken while travelling in Ninghsia far from tonsorial/factilities. The resultant beard which turned out to be red earned from his the nickname 'hung hu-tze', or 'Redbeard.' The warriors with him are part of the headquarters company of the 1st Division, First Army Corps, First Front Red Army."