Photographs of China in Rijksmuseum (1970s-1990s)

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Here are some views of Shanghai taken by Vincent Samuel Mentzel in 1973-1995, in the collection of Rijksmuseum:

Pedestrian passing a poster for the film Man with a Million (1954) on the wall of the former Cathay Theatre, in 1978:



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1973. Pedestrians passing a poster for the Soviet film Lenin in 1918 (1939):



1995: Statue of the mayor Chen Yi and the Pearl Tower:



1995. Traffic on South Zhongshan Road (?) and the Pearl Tower:



1995. Construction of a highway overpass:




Mentzel's photographs on Rijksmuseum website.

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