...Library of Congress has excellent downloadable hi-res archival maps of Shanghai:

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In a great and enlighetened (as well as well-funded) move the Stanford Libraries have made the complete collection of Francis Stafford's photographs of China available online in hi-res, fully downloadable. What joy! I used to scan the book The Birth of a Republic to get photos like this:


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This week I went to Ningbo for the first time and visited the most famous sight - Tianyige Library, named as one of the Three Outstanding Libraries of Jiangnan. Shuyinlou, in Shanghai’s old town, is also one of the three, but while the story of Tianyige is more adventurous, its ultimate fate is a happy one, The same cannot be said about Shuyinlou: ( Read more... )