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: Katya Knyazeva (avezink) wrote,
2018-08-09 12:25:00

Katya Knyazeva
avezink
2018-08-09 12:25:00

#100 Shanghai Architecture Series in Russian: Municipal Gaol

Article in Russian / Google Translate of the article.

PS. While reading the Budgets of the International Settlement I came across a mention of a British woman who was serving life sentence in the Municipal Gaol; she was transferred to England in 1935. I wonder what her crime was.

Top image: LIFE, June 21, 1947.

Tags: 1930s, 19th century, article, crime, gaol, international settlement, jail, magazeta, prison, shanghai, tilanqiao, 提篮桥监狱

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#100 Shanghai Architecture Series in Russian: Municipal Gaol

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