The Qingdao Aquarium (青岛水族馆) and Huiquan Bay (汇泉湾), Qingdao

The Qingdao Aquarium (青岛水族馆) and Huiquan Bay (汇泉湾), Qingdao

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ru-s005. The aquarium is on the left. A real photo post card addressed to Miss Penelope Cassels, 556 Av. Haig, Shanghai, China. The message on the card is: ‘Dear Penelope / I hope you are very well and having a nice. Are you going swimming / now I am swimming in the sea / with love from Majorie’. The aquarium opened in 1932, following an initiative launched by Cai Yuanpei (蔡元).

Location

Qingdao

Estimated Date

1935

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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