Empire Day Parade, British Consulate General, Shanghai, 1926

Empire Day Parade, British Consulate General, Shanghai, 1926

Collection

Lang, Archibald

Identifier

AL-s45

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: AL-s45. See http://hpchina.blogs.ilrt.org/2015/03/02/another-prince-on-the-bund-1926/. Sir Sidney Barton, Consul-General, is inspecting a detachment from the Sikh Branch, Shanghai Municipal Police. This photograph, credited to [E. A.] Kobza, was published in the 'North China Herald', 12 June 1926, p. 486. The caption indicates that this was the King's Birthday Parade, and the article notes that Empire Day and the King's Birthday celebrations were combined.

Caption in album or on mount

19. June 3 1926

Location

Shanghai

Date

Thursday 3 June 1926

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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