AAB-6903

Rose Fang shopping for roast duck in Chinatown

1964-02-10

Still image

1 photographic print : b&w. ; 30 x 23 cm. (11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

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Folder: S.F. Districts-Chinatown-Grocery Stores.
Newscopy: "THE DRAGON LADY -- They called her grandfather Loong (Dragon) Fang because he was born in a Dragon year. So when she was born in a Year of the Dragon they named her officially Loong Loong - Double Dragon. That name was too complicated for the sisters of the French Sacred Heart School in Shanghai where she enrolled. They renamed her Rose. Then Rose Double Dragon Fang went to Hong Kong, where she attended the St. Andrew's School operated by the Church of England. When she was baptized a Christian there, they named her Andrea, after the school. Rose Andrea Double Dragon Fang than came to America. She just graduated from San Francisco City College. She's going to be a model. In that trade, Rose Andrea sounds cumbersome, so she plans to call herself simply Rosandre. What's in a name? Some Dragon!".
Newscopy: "Rose Fang shopping for roast duck, wearing a Li-Li of San Francisco suit."
Negative #6704.

brn: .b10118378

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