North-China Daily News, 1916:
"The explosion which occurred behind the Palace Hotel Annexe on Monday afternoon was caused by calcium carbide which had been thrown into a concrete garbage bin by a photographer. A smell like that of aceteleyne gas was made and the sides of the bin were blown out, but no one was hurt."Calcium carbide was used in ( Read more... )

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In continuation of the post from September 24, 2017.

Among the many vivid Shanghai scenes photographed by Jack Birns in 1949 there is a series of portraits of women (who look Russian to me), taken inside an empty restaurant with lush wooden paneling, inlaid floor and huge windows above the eye level:

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