Aerial view of Shanghai Public Recreation Ground showing matshed aircraft hangars

Aerial view of Shanghai Public Recreation Ground showing matshed aircraft hangars

Collection

Ephgrave, Jack

Identifier

Ep01-001

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ep01-001. The Shanghai Defence Force, the largest peacetime despatch of British troops in the Inter-war period, was billeted across the city. Aircraft flew from behind the recreation ground clubhouses, and were kept in three large mat-shed hangars on the race course. See Ep01-095 and GJ01-106.

Caption in album or on mount

VIEWS OF SHANGHAI. (AERIAL) Taken during 1927. / Race Course. (Showing Hangars).

Location

Shanghai

Date

1927

Photographer

Ephgrave, Jack

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph