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Link to the article in Chinese: http://tsrus.cn/lishi/2019/05/02/665643


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https://magazeta.com/2019/04/arc-arcadia/


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Sometimes hours spent flipping through black and white photos on a computer screen pay off. Thousands of hi-res historic images of Shanghai on Google Arts & Culture include famous series, like George Lacks' or Jack Birns' coverage, and also some obscure and surprising collections. As I was browsing the Shanghai photo strip, a familiar face glanced ( Read more... )

Here is a selection of Russian-related locations in Shanghai on the 1948 aerial maps from Tianditu. The selection focuses on the sites that have changed or completely disappeared; it does not include the two Orthodox churches, Russian shopping arcades and Russian-built apartment houses that have survived to this day ( Read more... )

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More goodness from the old papers in Zikawei library. This time I read the second largest Russian emigrant newspaper in Shanghai, called "Slovo" ("Word"). July issues in 1941 carried ads and coverage for the annual beauty contest Miss Shanghai:

Arcadia
July 10, 1941.
Election
Miss Shanghai 1941Arcadia was the largest emigrant cabaret on Route ( Read more... )