View over fields and the Xiang River towards the city, Changsha (長沙)
Collection
Identifier
Tr03-070
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr03-070. According to a report in the N'orth China Herald' (‘Record floods at Changsha, 12 July 1924), the 1924 floods, caused by ‘unusually heavy rain in the middle of June’, were the highest that had occurred since the 1906 flood (the highest on record at the time). A few years later, the American Vice Consul in Changsha, John Curtis Vincent, reflected on the devastating impact: ‘The floods of 1924, which were followed by drought the following year, played havoc with the food supply of the district. Rice, the staple article of diet, was hardest hit, but other crops suffered as well. In consequence the buying power of the people has been greatly reduced and famine conditions obtain in a large part of the districts.’ (United States Department of Commerce, 'Commerce Reports', 19 April 1926, p. 182).
Caption in album or on mount
FLOODS AT CHANGSHA 1924
Location
Estimated Date
1924/07/00
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
