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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China's Old Dwellings book (2000)
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/62866 Lovers of Chinese archtecture will rejoice at having this free digitized version of…
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The story of multiple escapes
From the file of Siegfried Fuchs, an "independent furrier," found at Arolsen archives.
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“Quick, take my picture in front of this store”
This photo captioned simply "Street scene, Shanghai, China, ca. 1900" is rather funny: everyone in the street and inside the…
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