Contractor’s notice boards at Sassoon House (The Cathay Hotel) during its construction, Shanghai, January 1928

Contractor’s notice boards at Sassoon House (The Cathay Hotel) during its construction, Shanghai, January 1928

Collection

British Steel

Identifier

BS-s26

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BS-s26. Copyrighted image reproduced here with the permission of Teesside Archives. Teesside Archives (Exchange Square, Middlesbrough TS1 1DB, United Kingdom) hold the original photograph. BS-s26 is a detail/extract of BS-s07 (British Steel Archive Project/British Steel Collection reference number 1829). Sassoon House (formerly The Cathay Hotel, now The Peace Hotel) under construction. Notice board: ‘INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER & DOMESTIC SUPPLY / INNIS & RIDDLE (CHINA) LTD’. Notice board: ‘SASSOON HOUSE / SIN JIN KEE & CO/ GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS’. Also advertisement posters, road sign ‘(PLEASE DO NOT STAND […]’, etc. See BS-s07 and Ri-d01.

Caption on photograph

NEW SASSOON HOUSE, SHANGHAI No.46 Date 13 1 1928 / SIN JIN KEE Building Contractors / Messrs PALMER & TURNER Architects & Civil Engineers

Location

Shanghai

Date

Friday 13 January 1928

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough

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