item details
NameThe May Day celebration parade, Tien An Men
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1957; Beijing
Classificationcolour prints
DimensionsImage: 390mm (height), 560mm (length)
Registration NumberO.000710
Credit lineGift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 1995
Overview
In the foreground right, a group of people in red scarfs, white shirts and black trousers assemble on a tiled area as a number of black-clad, banner-holders walk past. Crowds of people, some holding Russian flags, are backed up to a doubled rooved building featuring red globes and a large wall with a portrait of Mao.