6,200 historic images of Shanghai mapped on PastVu
...but in reality, the total number of mapped historic images of Shanghai has surpassed 6,600, thanks to our resourceful and knowledgeable collaborators.
Below is a selection from my recent 100 uploads. Click on any image to go to its PastVu page and see more details.
Night view from Hengshan Hotel (Picardie Apartments) in 1981. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1942509
Communist propaganda truck on the corner of Weihai and N. Shaanxi Roads, in 1949. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1942509
Oil painting of the Russian Orthodox St. Nicholas Church, in 1940. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1938581
New ward of Victoria Nursing Home, on Haimen Road - which miraculously survives to this day. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1932309
Wedding at the Central Bank Club, on West Lingsen (Huaihai) Road, in 1940. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1930568
Sculpture on the tower of the General Post Office, by Arts and Crafts. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1928319
Margaret Williamson Hospital ("the Red House"), at the Old West Gate (also surviving). PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1925832
Intense bicycle traffic on Jiangsu Road, in the 1980s. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1916806
Paradise Theatre, designed by Robert Fan, on Harbin Road. Basically surviving but massively rebuilt. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1906014
Rickshaw puller crossing Nanking Road in front of Association for Domestic Industry. PastVu: https://pastvu.com/p/1905878
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