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Description
Image ID31340
TitleCustom House and the Whampoo River, Shanghai
CollectionOther collections
LocationShanghai
Estimated datec.1930
Caption in album or on mountBIG BEN OF THE EAST
Image typeBlack and white photograph
Material form
of image		Paper
Note(s)University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL04-29.  The Custom House is the building on the right with the clocks.  Big Ben = the nickname of the great bell of the clock in the tower of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), London, England.  The tower itself is often called Big Ben.   The Custom House clock in Shanghai also sounded the 'Westminster chimes'.
Keyword(s) [en]Love ; CMCS ; architecture ; Bund ; Huangpu ; Shanghai
HPC referenceBL04-29
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© 2012 Billie Love Historical Collection

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