This photograph depicts Mdm. Kwa Geok Choo and Mrs. Barbara Bush with Millie, then the White House cocker spaniel. The photograph was taken at the White House Family Quarters, an informal venue for special guests, out of bounds to the public and media. Mdm. Kwa Geok Choo, the late wife of then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, accompanied her husband on a visit to the United States (US). The meet-up with former US president George Bush, Sr. fell on the birthday of the late American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, which is also a US public holiday. Kwa wore one of her favourite cheongsam while having a chat with former US first lady, Barbara Bush.