'Hazelwood' and garden, Shanghai, 1938

'Hazelwood' and garden, Shanghai, 1938

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw31-187

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw31-187. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 9.5 cm. 273 negatives sized 1.5 inches x 1.25 inches -:- 40mm x 30mm. The album was later labelled P62/VIII. The new ‘Hazelwood’, a house designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, was opened in 1934, replacing an earlier incarnation (see Sw04-094). '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: ‘T 8/1936 - 2/39’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 69, four negatives: Shanghai peace

Location

Shanghai

Date

April 1938

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London