British Consulate with the Missions Building in the Background

Title : British Consulate with the Missions Building in the Background

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Year : 1928

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1928

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Book

Caption on support : British Consulate with the Missions Building in the Background

Information data : The buildings of the consulate occupy a site of 2.9 ha (7.1 acres) on which the original consulate , built in 1852, once stood. It was destroyed by fire in 1870. The 1873 consulate were placed across the west side of the compound. (Fletcher, 1987, p. 1239)

Keywords : settlement;building;consulate;diplomacy;foreigner;England;United Kingdom;river;flag

Street name : Bund