The brick building behind the family (in the top picture) has been demolished to widen Wujin Road, but the one closer to us, seen in the bottom picture, used to be identical.
Top image: Jack Birns, Life; bottom image: baidu streetview.
Boundary Road 武进路 then and now (1948 vs. 2015)
The brick building behind the family (in the top picture) has been demolished to widen Wujin Road, but the one closer to us, seen in the bottom picture, used to be identical.
Top image: Jack Birns, Life; bottom image: baidu streetview.
Posts from This Journal “1948” Tag
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From USSR to Shanghai in 1948
As a follow-up to the recent story of Russian repatriation from Shanghai to the USSR, here is a story of a dangerous backward trip, published in…
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Then and Now: Estrella Apartments and Kavkaz restaurant, 67 years apart
1948 vs 2015: Images: Jack Birns and Baidu Below is the interior of the Kavkaz restaurant (that building no longer exists):
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Shanghai as seen by the National Geographic (1900–1994)
The National Geographic magazine featured Shanghai once in a while, starting in 1900. The authors of the 1927 article "Ho for the Soochow…
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