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This is Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy. On September 14, 1911 the Admiral met President Taft at the President's summer residence in Beverly Mass. On Saturday September 15, 1911 the Admiral made official visits at Governor's Island and at NY City Hall. " ... (He) drove to City Hall to Meet Mayor Gaynor." It was also intended that the Admiral and Mayor Gaynor would visit the tomb of General Grant on Monday September 18. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9900E2DD163CE6... The Rear Admiral's name has also been spelled at "Ching Pih Kwang" Now that I've seen this photograph of Grant's Tomb: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_grants_tomb.jpg I now realise that Rear Admiral Kwang and Mayor Gaynor are staning in from of Grant's Tomb. Therefore the occasion was on Monday September 18, 1911 and is fully described here in the NYT article of the next day: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C07E4DA1131E2... There are other photographs of this occasion in the series. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163712836/in/s... www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162911929/in/s... www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163713414/in/s... www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162912425/in/s... www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162912855/in/s... www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163714338/in/s...

lifeasdaddy: Thanks for the info. about Kwang's visit to Grant's Tomb. We'll add it to the description next time we update the record.

Other Bain/LOC photos taken at Grant's Tomb on September 18, 1911, during the New York visit of Chinese Admiral Ching Kwong:

Outside Grant's Tomb. Rear Admiral Ching Pih Kwang and Mayoer Gaynor.

lifeasdaddy: Thanks for the info. about Kwang's visit to Grant's Tomb. We'll add it to the description next time we update the record.

As if seeing Grant's tomb were not excitement enough, the Admiral also enjoyed a luncheon with Grant's son, General Frederick Dent Grant, at his HQ on Governor's Island. [He also climbed a New York skyscraper still under construction, and attended a theatrical performance.] New York Times story, September 23, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E...

Other Bain/LOC photos taken at Grant's Tomb on September 18, 1911, during the visit of Chinese Admiral Ching Kwong: Bringing a wreath for Grant's tomb: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162912855/in/photostream/#]

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Other Bain/LOC photos of doings on Suffrage Day in New York City, May 2, 1914:

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A. Belmont: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8079896358/