Casualties and debris outside the Cathay Hotel, Shanghai, after the bombing on 14 August 1937

Casualties and debris outside the Cathay Hotel, Shanghai, after the bombing on 14 August 1937

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: AL-s59. Nanjing Road entrances to the Cathay Hotel are on the right. Chinese bombers were apparently trying to bomb the Japanese cruiser Idzumo (Izumo) moored alongside the Japanese Consulate, when bombs fell between the Cathay and Palace Hotels in Nanking Road (南京路), and also struck dense crowds outside the Great World Entertainment Centre (大世界) in the French Concession. Approximately 2000 people were killed by the bombing on this day, 14th August 1937, known as ‘Bloody Saturday’. This photograph was reproduced on page 30 of ‘Five Months of War’ (a book containing photographs by North-China Daily News photographers and from many other sources, and cartoons by Sapajou, published by the North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, Shanghai, 1938). See JM04-155.

Caption in album or on mount

Cathay Hotel Aug 14, 1937.

Caption on photograph

18

Location

Shanghai

Date

Saturday 14 August 1937

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections