May 25 2012
7:35 am
Queen’s Theatre, Hong Kong, 1941.

Queen’s Theatre, Hong Kong, 1941.

Posted 2 days ago
#1940s #queen's theatre #movie theatre #gone with the wind #hong kong #china #vintage
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May 24 2012
3:52 am
Port Arthur viewed from the Top of Gold Hill, after capitulation, Dalian, China, 1905. From left, wrecks of battleships: Peresvet, Poltava, Retvizan, Pobeda and Pallada cruiser. Source: Records of Naval Battles in Meiji 37th, 38th vol. 2

Port Arthur viewed from the Top of Gold Hill, after capitulation, Dalian, China, 1905. From left, wrecks of battleships: Peresvet, Poltava, Retvizan, Pobeda and Pallada cruiser.

Source: Records of Naval Battles in Meiji 37th, 38th vol. 2

Posted 3 days ago
#1900s #port arthur #dalian #china #vintage #history #battleships #russo-japanese war
9 notes

May 17 2012
9:08 am
John Thomson, The Island Pagoda, Min River, Fujian, China, ca. 1871.

John Thomson, The Island Pagoda, Min River, Fujian, China, ca. 1871.

Posted 1 week ago
#1870s #19th century #victorians #victorian #john thomson #vintage #min river #fujian #china #pagoda #history
42 notes

May 14 2012
4:35 am
Chinese Woman with Mandolin, 1860. ource: Getty Museum

Chinese Woman with Mandolin, 1860.

ource: Getty Museum

Posted 1 week ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #china #mandolin #vintage #portrait #history #daguerreotype
11 notes

May 12 2012
4:02 pm
Felice Beato, Nine-storied Pagoda and Tartar Street, Canton, China, April 1860. Source: Getty Museum

Felice Beato, Nine-storied Pagoda and Tartar Street, Canton, China, April 1860.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1860s #19th century #victorian #canton #guangzhou #southern china #china #pagoda #vintage #history #felice beato #architecture
12 notes

Apr 21 2012
11:26 am
Newly trained Chinese forces march to replace a division at the front, 1939.

Newly trained Chinese forces march to replace a division at the front, 1939.

Posted 1 month ago
#1930s #china #wwII #world war II #history #soldiers
4 notes

Apr 17 2012
3:26 am
Soviet troops in Harbin, China, 1945.

Soviet troops in Harbin, China, 1945.

Posted 1 month ago
#1940s #harbin #china #wwII #world war II #history #soldiers
16 notes

Apr 16 2012
6:18 pm
This terrified baby was almost the only human being left alive in Shanghai’s South Station after brutal Japanese bombing. Shanghai, China, August 1937. Source: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Overseas Operations Branch

This terrified baby was almost the only human being left alive in Shanghai’s South Station after brutal Japanese bombing. Shanghai, China, August 1937.

Source: Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Overseas Operations Branch

Posted 1 month ago
#1930s #shanghai #china #history #sad #tragic #babies #crying #wwII #world war II
75 notes

Apr 15 2012
1:43 pm
Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China, 1930s.

Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China, 1930s.

Posted 1 month ago
#1930s #china #nanjing road #nanking road #shanghai #vintage #history
22 notes

Apr 15 2012
12:34 pm
E. M. Newman, A street scene in the Chinese city of Canton, Guangzhou, China, ca. 1919. Source: Commercial Handbook of China, Volume 1

E. M. Newman, A street scene in the Chinese city of Canton, Guangzhou, China, ca. 1919.

Source: Commercial Handbook of China, Volume 1

Posted 1 month ago
#1910s #canton #guanzhou #china #vintage #e.m. newman
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