British soldiers and officers watching a Chinese sniper or soldier dubbed 'Charlie Chan II', near the Pantheon Theatre, Shanghai, 1937

British soldiers and officers watching a Chinese sniper or soldier dubbed 'Charlie Chan II', near the Pantheon Theatre, Shanghai, 1937

Collection

Montgomery, John

Identifier

JM04-076

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM04-076. Photograph numbered 76, published in 'The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937 / Shanghai'. Caption in Index: 'Spectators of Charlie Chan II. Sept. 30, 1937 at North Kiangse Road - Range Road Charlie in the 'Pantheon' functioning. ‘Charlie Chan II' may refer to a Chinese soldier or sniper. See JM04-074, JM04-078, JM04-079, JM04-082 and JM04-083 for related images. For a description of the Pantheon Theatre location, see page 85 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).

Caption in album or on mount

76

Location

Shanghai

Date

Thursday 30 September 1937

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections