Claire Band, Hsiao Li Lindsay (李效黎) and Michael Lindsay (林迈可) on a kang, with the first Chinese troops they met after their escape from Beijing, December 1941
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Identifier
ML05-d92
Copyright
© 1994 Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML05-d92. On the kang, by the wall, from left to right: Claire Band, Hsiao Lindsay, Michael Lindsay, and others. Photograph most probably taken by William Band. Trained at the University of Liverpool, William Band taught physics at Yenching University, Beijing. Claire and William Band fled Beijing with the Lindsays on 8 December 1941. Claire and William Band are the authors of 'Dragon Fangs' (George Allen & Unwin, 1947), which was republished in USA as 'Two Years with the Chinese Communists' (Yale University Press, 1948). This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: The first Chinese troops we met in December 1941. On k'ang, Mrs. Band, Hsiao Li, Michael Lindsay.
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Paper
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Black and white photograph
