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[Bird's-eye view of Shanghai, China, showing streetcars crossing bridge, and buildings in background] – Historic Map Reproduction

[Bird's-eye view of Shanghai, China, showing streetcars crossing bridge, and buildings in background], [ca. 1935] — historic photograph
[Bird's-eye view of Shanghai, China, showing streetcars crossing bridge, and buildings in background], [ca. 1935]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Streetcars cross a bridge in this high, bird's-eye view of Shanghai, with rows of buildings stretching back behind them. Taken around 1935, the picture shows a city that was then among the largest and busiest in Asia, a major port where Chinese neighborhoods and foreign-administered international settlements stood side by side. The elevated angle makes the density of rooftops and the flow of traffic easy to read, offering a clear view of how the city was laid out in the years before the Second World War.

Created / published[ca. 1935]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreCityscape photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
SubjectsCity & town life--China--Shanghai--1930-1940. Street railroads--China--Shanghai--1930-1940. Shanghai (China)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,225 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186148

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