Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-s077. Handwritten caption and photographer's stamp on back of photograph.  Arthur Mencken, Paramount News reporter.  Dollar Line = Dollar Steamship Company.  The 4th Regiment U.S. Marines (The 'China Marines'), who embarked from San Diego, had arrived on the troop transport ship U.S.S. Chaumont, anchored downstream. Photograph taken by the Customs jetty, the Bund.  See Ro-n0688, Ro-s079.

Caption on photograph

Marines arrive on Dollar tender at Customs Jetty 1937 / Cameraman is ? Mencken / Mencken holds EYEMO movie film camera / Photo By MALCOLM ROSHOLT

Location

Shanghai

Date

Sunday 19 September 1937

Tags

• war
• uniform
• boat
• transportation
• soldier
• military
• conflict
• Shanghai
• navy
• defence
• camera
• journalist
• film
• movie
• kit
• Sino-Japanese
• press
• cameraman
• Rosholt

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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