Makeshift housing in Pootung, Shanghai 1938

Makeshift housing in Pootung, Shanghai 1938

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw08-168

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw08-168. G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H70. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI. The people in this photograph might be refugees, in a temporary shanty town? See Sw08-169.

Caption in album or on mount

Album cover: B&S, H, 1933/4 Nos 1-53; 1938 Nos 54-62; 1940 63-79. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 70, two negatives: Pootung 38

Location

Shanghai

Date

1938

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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