The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

Title : The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Year : 1928

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1928

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Book

Caption on support : The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's magnificent building on The Bund.

Information data : The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank (滙豐銀行 - Huifeng yinhang - HSBC) opened its Shanghai branch in 1865. It moved into its own building, designed by the architect William Kidner, on a site next to the Maritime Customs, in 1875. The modern building was completed in 1923. (Frank King et al., History of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, I: 94, 255.

Keywords : building;clock;car;rickshaw;bicycle

Keywords (ch) : 滙豐銀行

Street name : Bund