Title
Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife
Year/Period
1930s-1940s
Region
China
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: 8.2 x 11.8 cm
Accession No.
2003-00488-002
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Willard Lee (李维烈先生)
NLB Type
Photograph
Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) and the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He married Soong Mei-Ling (Soong May Ling), also known as Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, in 1927. Educated in the United States, she played a vital role as his English interpreter. They were together till his death in 1975. This photograph belongs to Mr. Willard Lee, a Singapore-born Chinese who left for China to further his studies and later joined the Chinese Air Force. He left the service in 1947 and returned to Singapore.
