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3,700+ historic images of Shanghai mapped on PastVu
Highlights of this project appear on the Facebook page Mapping Old Shanghai. Among the most recent uploads we have:
A newspaper image of the open-air movie theatre on the roof of the Peacock Oriental Theatre, in 1927. The theatre was designed for Z. Z. Ting by Leonard & Veysseyre in 1925 and originally called Palais Oriental:
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Porte Montauban receives its name plaque (1861)
"Over the porch of the new gate of the city, constructed by the French, a large stone tablet has been inserted, with the designation of "Porte Montauban." (NCH, 27 April 1861)
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The Old West Gate (Laoximen) when it was still a gate
The Old West Gate 老西门, also known as Phoenix Gate 仪凤门, was a complicated construction:
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