Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling at the Jiangxi Grand Hotel, Nanchang

Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling at the Jiangxi Grand Hotel, Nanchang

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bi-s109. This (cropped and perhaps flipped) portrait of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) and his wife Soong Mei-ling was taken on the steps of the Jiangxi Grand Hotel, Nanchang. This building was key in the 1927 Nanchang Uprising. The building is now known as the ‘Site Memorial of August 1 Nanchang Uprising’ or ‘Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall’. More info at https://bit.ly/3KgGafR. See Fu02-001 (an uncropped version).

Location

Nanchang

Material

Transparency

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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