Hongkong and Shanghai Bank under construction

Title : Hongkong and Shanghai Bank under construction

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1924

Estimated dates : 1924-1925

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

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;bank;money;Bund

Setting : Bund