Pioneer Woman Photographer Was Portuguese
July 18, 1944: Photographers and reporters at the site of the Port Chicago munitions explosion. Virginia de Carvalho is in the foreground. De Carvalho's great grandfather, Januario Antonio de Carvalho, was a prominent member of the Portuguese community in Hong Kong during the late 19th century. He arrived in Hong Kong from Macao in 1842 and, later, became the Chief Cashier of the Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle When Virginia de Carvalho had a c