Casualties and debris outside the Cathay Hotel, Shanghai, after the bombing on 14 August 1937
Collection
Identifier
AL-s59
Copyright
© 2014 Historical Photographs of China
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: AL-s59. Nanjing Road entrances to the Cathay Hotel are on the right. Chinese bombers were apparently trying to bomb the Japanese cruiser Idzumo (Izumo) moored alongside the Japanese Consulate, when bombs fell between the Cathay and Palace Hotels in Nanking Road (南京路), and also struck dense crowds outside the Great World Entertainment Centre (大世界) in the French Concession. Approximately 2000 people were killed by the bombing on this day, 14th August 1937, known as ‘Bloody Saturday’. This photograph was reproduced on page 30 of ‘Five Months of War’ (a book containing photographs by North-China Daily News photographers and from many other sources, and cartoons by Sapajou, published by the North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, Shanghai, 1938). See JM04-155.
Caption in album or on mount
Cathay Hotel Aug 14, 1937.
Caption on photograph
18
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Location
Date
Saturday 14 August 1937
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
