Title
Postcard titled ‘French Bund, Shanghai’
Region
China
Dimension
Object size: 8.7 x 13.7 cm
Accession No.
2014-00216
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of CapitaLand Limited (Singapore), from the Raffles Hotel Museum Collection
This is a postcard of a French bund in Shanghai. It depicts steam ships, sampans, rickshaws and rickshaw pullers. On its back is a scribbled message informing its recipient that their mother is going to Glasgow on Saturday. The confluence of references to different places within one postcard highlights the interconnected nature of the world as ships and mail crossed oceans.
