Katya Knyazeva (avezink) wrote,
Katya Knyazeva
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Real old town

Going through my collection of archival images of the old town I was reminded of these wonderful, authentic photos from the USC Digital Collections. Real raw streets of the old city – so raw, in fact, that it is often hard to identify the exact locations:

Source: USC.

Shiliupu 十六铺, the Chinese Bund, south of the Quay de France:

Source: USC.

Yuyuan; view north from the zigzag bridge, across the pond, toward the commercial pavilion and the garden wall behind:

Source: USC.

Location unknown, unfortunately:

Source: USC.

'Gate separating two families.' Location unknown:

Source: USC.


Tags: archive, old town, photography, shanghai, usc
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