Hauling a load of soap up Chapoo Road (Zhapu Lu), Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
Da01-36
Copyright
© 2009 Jane Hayward
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Da01-36. This photograph by the Revd. Charles Ewart Darwent is from an album inscribed to Herbert Wilcockson, from C. E. Darwent. The Revd. C.E. Darwent, Minister of the Union Church, Shanghai, was also the author of a photographer-friendly guidebook entitled, ‘Shanghai: a handbook for travellers and residents to the chief objects of interest in and around the foreign settlement and native city’ (1904) - https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217825. The porters are crossing Soochow Road (Beisuzhou Lu). Chapoo Road (Zhapu Lu) is behind them, in the background. The photographer has his back to the Chapoo Road Bridge.
Caption in album or on mount
A bit of hard work Four coolies dragging one ton of soap up Chapoo Road bridge
Location
Estimated Date
1902
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
