Old Shanghai custom house

Old Shanghai custom house

Collection

Drew, Edward Bangs

Identifier

Hv35-10

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv35. Edward Bangs Drew album of carte-de-visite portraits. Provenance: Purchased from Lucy Drew, 1949. General note: Title from album caption. Date from caption card. Access to original photographs and albums in the Edward Bangs Drew Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees. . This photograph was taken from the Huangpu River. Custom House staff are gathered in front of the building. The Custom House building (a former temple) as it was between 1857 and 1893. See DH-s134 and VH02-208.

Location

Shanghai

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA