Butterfield & Swire’s office, Qingdao, 1938
Collection
Identifier
Sw08-140
Copyright
© John Swire & Sons Ltd
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw08-140. G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H64. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI. Butterfield & Swire’s office was completed in 1936. It was sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Chartered Bank building as the bank leased the ground floor for a branch office. Immediately behind this building B&S had a large godown, completed in 1922. The B&S office and godown are located in what was the southern end of the general business district. See Sw08-141 and Sw08-142.
Caption in album or on mount
Album cover: B&S, H, 1933/4 Nos 1-53; 1938 Nos 54-62; 1940 63-79. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 64, four negatives: Tsingtao 1938
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Location
Date
1938
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
