A dye house on North Szechuen Road (北四川路), viewed from Sichuan Road Bridge (四川路桥), looking across Beisuzhou Lu (北苏州路 North Soochow Road), Shanghai

A dye house on North Szechuen Road (北四川路), viewed from Sichuan Road Bridge (四川路桥), looking across Beisuzhou Lu (北苏州路 North Soochow Road), Shanghai

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s321. Road sign on the left: NORTH SOOCHOW ROAD (nowadays Beisuzhou Lu 北苏州路). Sichuan Road Bridge (四川路桥), over Suzhou Creek, is in the foreground. Tram wires overhead. In the middle is a dye house, with bamboo staging above the roof for drying cloth. A stereoview photograph published by Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours. The American Milford Elsworth Wright (1861-1918) was a stereoscopic photographer and publisher, trading under the name ‘Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours’, based in Hollingreave Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England. See a blog entitled ‘Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours’ by Dr David Barber (https://pressphotoman.com/2023/01/25/excelsior-stereoscopic-tours/). See JC-s322 and Yo-s22.

Caption in album or on mount

Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours / HOLLINGREAVE ROAD, BURNLEY / In Old Shanghai, Shanghai, China. / Copyrighted / by M.E. Wright

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1900

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph