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Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.433, the Connecticut Historical Society
Irving Lee
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.433, the Connecticut Historical Society

Irving Lee

Subject Irving Lee Chinese, born about 1900
Dateabout 1920
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 × 4in. (15.2 × 10.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Roderick Bissell Jones
DescriptionBust-length studio portrait of a young Chinese man, Irving Lee, facing slightly to the left. He wears a buttoned shirt with vest, jacket and necktie.
Object number1974.56.433
InscribedHandwritten on verso in pencil: "IRVING LEE / Came from China when about 10. He / made his home with the camps at 672 / Main St. Winsted, Ct., two houses from / the Jones family while he went to / school and college here. His father / arranged a marriage for him & made / him return to China. He wanted not to go back. / He was much beloved by all the Jones' and the Camps' / He escape from the Communists to Hong Kong but is now 1960 dead / He was born about 1900."

Accession number in pencil on verso at bottom.
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