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Dudeney, Leo Collection
A collection of photographs from an album compiled by the English journalist Leonard Dudeney (1875-1956), and magic lantern slides, mostly of Shanghai. Leo Dudeney was Assistant Editor (and briefly, Acting Editor) of the North-China Herald and North-China Daily News, from 1902 to 1907. Many photographs in the collection were probably taken by Dudeney himself; some of them were colour tinted by his wife, Ellen (Nellie) Dudeney, née Higginson. The Dudeneys lived in a flat at 17A The Bund, Shanghai. After returning to England, Leo Dudeney played a part in the fledgling Labour movement and worked for the Leicester Pioneer, Daily Express and Daily Sketch until he retired from Fleet Street in 1943. 107 images. His account of this sojourn was edited for publication by Dr J.R. Dudeney as: Oriental Interlude, memories of old Shanghai (Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2026). ISBN978-7-108-08329-6. HPC refs: LD-m and LD01.
