A truckload of civilians in Shanghai

Title
A truckload of civilians in Shanghai
Year/Period
1937
Region
Shanghai
Dimension
Image size: L:8.7 x W:5.9
Accession No.
2000-06541

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 group of civilians on the back of a truck under the charge of two policemen.