There is some severe watermarking, but it is still possible to enjoy the audacity of these lads attempting to row in a sampan along Route Cardinal Mercier, after a flooding rain in 1940. The Auto Palace is in the background.
A boat ride along Shanghai streets in 1940
There is some severe watermarking, but it is still possible to enjoy the audacity of these lads attempting to row in a sampan along Route Cardinal Mercier, after a flooding rain in 1940. The Auto Palace is in the background.
Posts from This Journal “shanghai” Tag
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The earliest photograph of Shanghai (1844)
This recently uncovered daguerrotype from around 1844 is the earliest known photographic image of Shanghai. It shows the Huanlong Bridge 环龙桥 and…
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+1 for C. H. Gonda: Doumer Theatre
Charles Henry Gonda ( wiki), who designed the largest number of movie houses in Shanghai, was also the author of the conversion of Jimmy…
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New upload: Four Months of War (1937)
Four Months of War (1937) "A pen and picture record of the hostilities between Japan and China in and around Shanghai from August 9th…
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