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
Collection
Identifier
JC-s322
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s322. Left-hand photograph of a stereoview published by Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours. 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-s321 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
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Location
Estimated Date
1900
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
