Personal and Official Photographs of Pope, Family, and Colleagues
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers / Series 1: Biographic Material
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A1988.01, Subseries 1.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: This subseries includes official photographs of Pope with visiting dignitaries, taken at Freer Gallery exhibits and other public events, as well as personal photographs with colleagues and friends. The earliest photographs, 1929, show Pope and other members of the China International Famine Relief Commission with Chinese dignitaries. Many of the personal photographs depict him with friends and colleagues during his numerous trips to Asia, especially Japan. Many but not all of the people in these photographs are identified.