Caricature Made for U.S. Sailors Stationed in Pre-WWII China

Source:  William E. and Marion B. Stewart Papers (Manuscript Collection #707)

Staff Person:  Martha Elmore

Description:  U.S. Navy officer William E. Stewart and his wife Marion visited China and the Philippines in the late 1930s.  While there they took many photographs and bought other photographs which they collected into two albums–one for each country.  This image is a photograph of a caricature made for U.S. sailors stationed in China.  The photograph was taken by Hwa Sheng of Chefoo.