
Image: BnF (gallica).
Some great old photos and collections, in hi-res, from the same archive:
The Pageant of Peking (1920);
Scenic China (1927);
21 phot. de Shanghai, Soutcheou et leurs environs (1889).
Umberto Eco: Le Corbusier:
https://magazeta.com/arc-north-railway-station/ Our Magazeta series is back after a hiatus, with an article on the North Railway Station, in…
Soviet book Rickshaw from Shanghai ("Рикша из Шанхая"), by N. Agnivtsev, published in USSR in 1927. Full download here. "I am a…