'Hazelwood', Shanghai

'Hazelwood',  Shanghai

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw08-017

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw08-017. GW Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H9. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI.  The new Hazelwood – a house designed by Clough Williams-Ellis – was opened in 1934.  'Hazelwood', the Butterfield and Swire taipan's mansion, is known locally as the "Ice Cream House", and still stands (Xingguo Road).

Caption in album or on mount

Album cover: B&S, H, 1933/4 Nos 1-53; 1938 Nos 54-62; 1940 63-79. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 9, two negatives: Shanghai Hazelwood

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1934

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London