5,100 historic images of Shanghai mapped on PastVu
Below is a selection from the latest hundred, which shows the buildings still standing - and not. Clicking on any image will redirect you to PastVu, where there are more details about the addresses, the dates and the provenance.
Facebook page of the project: Mapping Old Shanghai.
Residence of Charles Dewey Culbertson, 30 (110) Route Ghisi, which still stands.
More on C. D. Culbertson’s house.
4th US Marines Quartermasters Office, 489 Ferry Road, which is no longer there.
International Funeral Directors, 71 (207) Kiaochow Road - no longer standing.
More on International Funeral Directors.
Fire brigade at Sinza Police Station, 295 Avenue Road - still there.
USMC Hospital (Billet Jones), 243 Gordon Road - no longer standing.
General Claire L. Chennault’s house in Holly Heath, 251 Hungjao Road - still extant.
More on C. L. Chennault’s residence.
Komor family residence, at Columbia Circle, 92 Amherst Road - still existing.
Church of our Saviour, in Hongkew, 502 Dixwell Road - no longer existing.
Gamewell residence, on Dixwell Road - still existing.