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- Creators: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
- Creators: Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
ContributorsGershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer) / Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist) / Harms Incorporated (Publisher)
Created1927
ContributorsGershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer) / Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist) / Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941 (Lyricist) / New World Music Corporation (Publisher)
Created1929
ContributorsGershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer) / Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist) / New World Music Corporation (Publisher)
Created1929
ContributorsGershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer) / De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (Lyricist) / Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist) / T.B. Harms & Co. (Publisher)
Created1925
ContributorsGershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer) / Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 (Lyricist) / New World Music Corporation (Publisher)
Created1927
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) Outskirts of a mass meeting in Yenan (Yan'an), North Shensi (Shaanxi), in support of the united front against Japanese imperialism. (Photo supplied to an illustrated weekly in Holland before 1940) (Bottom photo) Pioneer women qualified nurses. Women trained nurses, formerly of Central Hospital, Nanking, examining troops of New 4th in North Anhwei (Anhui).
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top-left photo)On the march, New 4th Army (Top-right photo) Wall newspaper of New 4th Army. {Bottom photo} photo of Mr. Mai Ta-fu, East Honan (Henan).
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) Body guards at the Chinese Red Army Headquarters, North Shensi (Shaanxi) (Bottom photo)Into the ranks of the Chinese Communists have come men and women of every race, including the most oppressed of the aboriginal tribes of western China, Tibet and Central Asia. This is a photo of two Lolo tribesmen aborigines of far western and southwestern China. They are students in the Communist Party School at Yenan (Yan'an).
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo)It was a bloody era in which Chinese workers, peasants and Communists were openly beheaded on the public streets. (Bottom photo) Left to Right: Political Director of New Fourth Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment; Chen Ta-ji, a woman commander; Li Hsien-nien (Li Xiannian), commander of the Guerrilla Detachment.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) The communist guerrillas organized villages in the rear of the Japanese during the war, held lectures for weeks on methods of democracy, then the people held their first democratic elections for village and own administrators. (Bottom photo) First democratic elections in a guerrilla territory recovered from the Japanese in Central China. People were given "ballot papers" red pieces of paper meaning "yes" green meaning "no". The names of the candidates were then read out and the "ballot box", a basket, held up to receive the votes.