Title
Coffins line the river bank in Xujiahui
Year/Period
1937
Region
Shanghai
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 5.9 x 8.7 cm
Accession No.
2000-06542
Collection of
Shortly after the onset of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the cosmopolitan Shanghai city fell under the control of the Japanese forces. This photo shows a grim line of coffins in "Zikawei", or Xujiahui - an area part of the former Shanghai French Concession
