A feast at the Spanish consulate in Shanghai

A feast at the Spanish consulate in Shanghai

1919-03-24

The photograph, published in one of the main newpapers in Madrid, shows some of the members of the Spanish community in Shanghai, such as the Mencarinis, film empresario Antonio Ramos, architect Abelardo Lafuente, and different religious authorities, during a celebration at the consulate in Shanghai on the occasion of Saint Joseph (and the Valencian fallas).
A portrait of king Alfonso XIII presides in the background.

The document has been discovered by architect Álvaro Leonardo during his PhD research on the life and works of architect Abelardo Lafuente.

ABC (Madrid), Num. 5,019, March 24, 1919