A portrait of Rewi Alley as a young man. Intrigued by what he had read about China, Alley left New Zealand in December 1926 ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. He would stay for 60 years, becoming one of China's best-known and best-loved foreigners.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference:1/2-036405-F Photographer: Gordon Burt Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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'Rewi Alley', URL: /media/photo/rewi-alley, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-Dec-2013
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