British soldiers at a sandbagged guard post watching fire fighters, Shanghai, 12 September 1937

British soldiers at a sandbagged guard post watching fire fighters, Shanghai, 12 September 1937

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM03-007. This photograph was taken during the fires described on page 63 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). Note the barber’s shop sign, on the left, also seen in JM03-004.

Location

Shanghai

Date

Sunday 12 September 1937

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections