Butterfield & Swire’s office, Qingdao, 1938

Butterfield & Swire’s office, Qingdao, 1938

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw08-140

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw08-140. G W Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix H written in India ink. This negative is referenced H64. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference 62/VI. Butterfield & Swire’s office was completed in 1936. It was sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Chartered Bank building as the bank leased the ground floor for a branch office. Immediately behind this building B&S had a large godown, completed in 1922. The B&S office and godown are located in what was the southern end of the general business district. See Sw08-141 and Sw08-142.

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) 64, four negatives: Tsingtao 1938

Location

Qingdao

Date

1938

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London