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PHOTOGRAPH: CHINESE NATIONAL DAY BALL, 1943

1943
Overview

Black and white photograph of people around a table with drinking glasses on it. The occasion was the Chinese National Day Ball for Chinese Famine Relief, 11 October 1943, in the Embassy Ballroom, Perth. Some of the younger women are wearing Cheong Sams, others are in Western dress, two men are wearing tie and tails, the other two in lounge suits with ties.
Back row (standing): Ellen Fong, Oswald Lums, Dulcie Shem, Ruby Leewood, Oswald Fong, Norma Shem, Bessie Lee-Tong (Wynd and May Fong Front row (seated): Alex Shem, Mrs Trixie Quan Han, Mrs Tzoi, Mr. Tzoi (Consul), Mrs Alex and Mrs MacCandlish (friend of the Lums).

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Registration number
cwa-org-43-1997.250
Item type
Width
297 mm
Height or length
190 mm
Year
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Regional and social history

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