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+1 for C. H. Gonda: Doumer Theatre

avezink Jul 24, 2021 21:50

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The Building News and Engineering Journal (1906)

avezink Jan 20, 2021 11:53

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Erratum: Kenlion ≠ Arcadia

avezink May 23, 2020 12:41

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"We shall show good pictures, and good pictures only..." (1926)

avezink Mar 23, 2020 09:38

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The original Columbia Country Club... and other splendid enterprises

avezink Mar 21, 2020 12:28

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An interview with the Mandrigins

avezink Jul 22, 2019 12:08

https://www.russianshanghai.com/articles/post12196

I first got in touch with them after this post, and this year brother and sister revisited Shanghai that they left as teenagers. The interview contains wonderful photographs of Shanghai in the 1940s and 1950s.

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A glimpse of Arcadia

avezink Jun 14, 2018 09:01

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