1948: Russians seek refuge in South America

Posts from This Journal “1940s” Tag

• The Russians score again

  Some time ago I wrote about the architect Ilarion Tomashevsky and his projects in Shanghai. Today, I was finally able to verify the location of the…

• 1940s images of Shanghai from the Coca Cola Archive

  The Coca Cola Archive has a wonderful collection of images of 1940s Shanghai. Although the product and the brand are in every shot, there is a lot…

• A residence on West Nanjing Road

  This interesting stash of documents and photographs from 1948 pertains to the ownership of the residence at 1917 West Nanjing Road.…