Smoke and fires to the north of Sihang Godown, Shanghai, October 1937

Smoke and fires to the north of Sihang Godown, Shanghai, October 1937

Collection

Montgomery, John

Identifier

JM04-100

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM04-100. Photograph numbered 100, published in 'The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937 / Shanghai'. Caption in Index: 'To the North of the Joint Savings Societies Godown. Showing desolation Chinese Troops of the 88th Division Doomed Battalion holding out. Oct. 28, 1937.' See VC1069, VC1072, for images of this warehouse which was held by the Chinese until captured by the Japanese, 30 October 1937. The Sihang (Si Hang) warehouse is the large building on the left with writing below the roof. 

Caption in album or on mount

100

Location

Shanghai

Date

Thursday 28 October 1937

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections