Excellent archival photographs of Shanghai (1930s)

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• New upload: Hi-res aerial map of central Shanghai (1948)

  For anyone who uses historic aerial maps of Shanghai at Tianditu 天地图, the restriction on zooming in to the maximum level is irritating. So I…

• Hong Kong and Far East Builder magazine online

  This excellent online archive of the architecture magazine Hong Kong and Far East Builder (1941–1964) has a ton of interesting articles…

• Early Russian photographers in 1860s Peking

  From the recent article History of Photography in China: New Discoveries and Research, by Terry Bennett: "In the 29 September 1860 issue of…