Shopsign advertising a German Restaurant on Bubbling Well Road in the 1930s

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Image ID	34440
Title	Shopsign advertising a German Restaurant on Bubbling Well Road in the 1930s
Year	1930
Date	1930
Estimated date	1930
Estimated period	1930-1937
Location	Shanghai IS
Caption on original image	The street scene on Jing'an Temple Road. Built in 186, the road called Jing'an Temple Road then (West Nanjing Road today) connected the Public Concession of Shanghai Jing'an Temple.
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Image type	Black and white photograph
Material form of image	Other
Note(s)	Taking the shape of a bareel, the shop sign advertising the German restaurant remind us of "huangzi"-style signboards. The road is lined with trees. On the right, one can see a delivery truck advertising "Frigidaire". Source: Postcard bought in Shanghai (personal collection), available in the collection entitled "Old Shanghai."
Keyword(s) [en]	restaurant ; shopsign ; german ; pedestrian ; tree ; rickshaw ; barrel:truck:frigidaire ; huangzi
Environment
District Name	International Settlement - Western - Bubbling Well
District type	residential, commercial, recreational
Sector	L 4, N 1
Type of medium	Sign/Signboard, Transportation device
Materials	Wood
Station	Wall
Street 1	Nanking
Street 2	Bubbling Well
Estimated moment	day
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Language	Chinese, English

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