The Sincere Co. Department Store after the August 23rd bombing

Title : The Sincere Co. Department Store after the August 23rd bombing

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : Monday 23 August 1937

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Une partie de la façade des magasins 'Sincères' après la chute de la bombe d'avion, le 23-8-1937. (A side of the façade of the 'Sincères' company after the explosion of bomb thrown by a plane, 23rd August 1937.)'

Information data : A Chinese aeroplane dropped a bomb by mistake at the corner of the Bund and naking road between the Cathay Hotel and the Palace Hotel. It was on its way intending to bomb the Japanese warship "Idzumo" which was tied up at the entrance of Soochow Creek.

Private Repository : IAO

Keywords : wartime;settlement;bombing;raid;building;store;Sincere;

Keywords (fr) : guerre;concession;bombardement;raid;bâtiment;store;Sincere;

Street name : Nanking