ZEDONG, Mao (1893-1976). Original AP Photo of Chairman Mao at a Parade in Peiping, China with Visiting Soviet Dignitaries in the Background. AP, October, 1957. Black and white news service photo (9 x 7”) of Chairman Mao holding binoculars during a parade. Two small dampstains on left margin and some mild dampstaining running into image of Mao, staple holes at upper left margin, several creases, wrinkling; typed caption affixed to verso (folded during encapsulation, so it can no longer be read), AP inkstamp on verso. Good. The foreign dignitaries in the background are most likely Soviet representatives. This is of interest as this parade took place three years before the Sino-Soviet split, starting in 1960. Original news photographs of Mao from this period are fairly uncommon. Encapsulated Type I Authentic by PSA. From the Mark Rucker Collection.