1948: Russians seek refuge in South America

Posts from This Journal “1940s” Tag

• Boundary Road 武进路 then and now (1948 vs. 2015)

  1948 vs 2015: The brick building behind the family (in the top picture) has been demolished to widen Wujin Road, but the one closer to us, seen…

• Two locations of St. Tichon’s Orphanage

  It was quite exciting to find that the villa that housed St. Tichon's Orphanage for the Russian children in the 1940s is still standing, on the…

• Avenue Joffre: then and now (1945 vs. 2019)

  The location on this Walter Arrufat photo has kept us wondering for a long time. The wide road, the tram tracks in the middle, the light…