New release of Shanghai photographs
Virtual Shanghai just released a new set of 17 beautiful pictures of the Shanghai Bund and commercial streets (1936-37). These pictures were taken by Claude Berruyer, a mechanic with the French Navy during his two-year cruise in East Asia on the Lamotte Piquet crusier. Berruyer arrived in Shanghai on 12 August 1937, two days before the beginning of the three-month long battle between the Chinese and the Japanese armies, and he was witness to the violence of the fight (more to come in a new release).
A short biography of Claude Berruyer and related photographs
Cite this blog post
Christian Henriot (2013, November 13). New release of Shanghai photographs. Blog Virtual Shanghai. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.58079/v8hz