USS Estes photo archive

The USS Estes web archive – archaic in itself – has some gorgeous photographs and postcards of Shanghai in hi-res. Take this detailed view of the French Bund, around the year 1937:

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Or this fabulous view of Avenue Edward VII (now elevated Yan'an Road), taken from the Great World, it seems (also 1937):

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See my other posts about useful photo archives here.

Tags: 1930s, 1937, americans, archive, avenue edward, bund, french concession, great world, 延安东路

Posts from This Journal “1937” Tag

Shanghai Directory (Hong) for 1937...

...is avalialbe online here, while the year 1939 is here. Other useful 1920s and 1930s issues are not online, but someone has them all, heh heh.
#150 Shanghai Architecture Series (in Russian): Liza Hardoon Building 迦陵大楼

The article in Russian in Magazeta: https://magazeta.com/arc-liza-hardoon-buidling/
Europe, Asia, and Australia - Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints at SMU

Over 200 hi-res photos of China, primarily Manchuria and China Eastern Railway (CER), but also Victor Sassoon's photos of Shanghai and vicinity,…
Lifting the curfew (1937)

Some persons were simply elated with it, others regret it now, quite a few people didn't notice it at all, but no one would say it wasn't…
Can't stop the progress... I guess

The NCDN published this in September 1937: "The Hongkong Peak has come to downtown Shanghai. The Glen Line Building, 2 Peking Road, yesterday…
Lawn Cinema, the movie theater for Russian-language films

Lawn Cinema, just south of the French Club's tennis courts, used to have its gate on Avenue Joffre, at No. 900. It opened in June 1932 as an…