A convict chain gang working on dredging Suzhou Creek, Shanghai

A convict chain gang working on dredging Suzhou Creek, Shanghai

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WG01-137. Convicts from the SM Gaol, Shanghai. Looking across Soochow Creek, the Rowing Club is on the right. The caption in pencil for this photograph was added to the album in recent times. See WG-s83, WG01-070, WG01-127 and WG01-140.

Caption in album or on mount

CONVICTS AT WORK.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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