Billboards along the Racecourse in the 1940s

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Image ID	34441
Title	Billboards along the Racecourse in the 1940s
Year	1940
Date	1940
Estimated date	1940
Estimated period	1938-1943
Caption on original image	Xizang Road. When the British concession expanded again, the boundary was laid in Nichengban Creek (today's Xizang Road).
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Note(s)	One can see the billboards lined on the boundary wall of the Race Course, behind the trees, and a delivery truckes bearing the inscription "Customs Brokers". Source: Postcard bought in Shanghai (personal collection), included in the collection entitled "Old Shanghai". PIN103
Keyword(s) [en]	racecourse ; billboard ; hoarding ; tree ; traffic ; truck ; custom ; automobile ; trolley ; pedestrian ; hat ; rickshaw ; wheelbarrow ; bicycle ;
URL	http://flic.kr/p/9ib6bh
Environment
District Name	International Settlement - Western
District type	recreational
Type of medium	Billboard/Hoarding, Transportation device
Materials	Wood
Station	Boundary wall of the Racecourse
Street 1	Thibet Road
Building	Race Course
Estimated moment	day
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Language	Chinese, English

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