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[Hsin-Sua bookstore in Shanghai (crowded interior)] – Antique Wall Art

[Hsin-Sua bookstore in Shanghai (crowded interior)] — historic photograph
[Hsin-Sua bookstore in Shanghai (crowded interior)]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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The Hsin-Hua bookstore in Shanghai, whose name the catalog spells "Hsin-Sua," is shown here at a moment when its interior is packed with customers. The Xinhua Bookstore chain traced its roots to Communist base areas in the 1930s and became China's main state-run book retailer after 1949, so a scene like this reflects how books were distributed under the People's Republic. The record dates the photograph only to the 196- decade, placing it sometime in the 1960s.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[196-]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122000

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