View of Nanking Road looking East

Title : View of Nanking Road looking East

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Year : 1928

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1928

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Book

Caption on support : Plate 28 Nanking Road, the main artery of the foreign setlement, looking East. The tall spires indicate the large departmental stores of the Sun Sun Co., Ltd., the Wing On Co. (Shanghai), Ltd., and the Sincere Co., Ltd., all under Chinese management.

Information data : This picture was taken from the same place -- corner of Nanking Road and Thibet Road -- as the picture entitled "View of Nanking Road by Night" (ID#15107) (plate 25 of the original source). One can see vey clearly the shop sign for "RUGS" at the center bottm of the picture.

Keywords : building;store;department store;shop;sign;house;roof;rickshaw

Street name : Nanking