A new investigation (in Chinese) of the provenance of the villa at former 191 Route Dupleix establishes that the original landlord was R. B. Mauchan, Superintendant Engineer at Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works. The house, whose address is now 201 Anfu Road 安福路201号, was abundantly photographed in 1946, when it served as the residence of Shanghai ( Read more... )

When I came across Hugues Martin's September blog post about Mikhail Borodin's career in China, I recalled a related story I haven't shared with anyone yet ( Read more... )

Once I was walking on Anfu Lu and noticed a faded inscription in an elegant art-deco script peeking from underneath some air-conditioning units. After consulting with North China Hong Lists and old maps I identified a Deutsche Werkstätten shop at this address. The German company has been making and selling wooden furniture since 1898.


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Been digging in Shanghai Hongs directories kindly provided by Tess Johnston.


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I came across Expatriate Adventures by Fred Richardson, and there was this photograph:


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