Shanghai, Markham Rd., Japanese bomb destroyed a tram
On October 14th, 1937, a tram was hit by a Japanese bomb at Markham road. All passengers were killed.
It derives from an album which was sold including captions in German language to the German-speaking community in Shanghai. I assume a local German photographer gathered the photos and combined into a memory of the Japanese War. The photos must have been taken by one or more accredited local photographer(s). Private residents did not have the access to the war sites.
Next to my album, in identical sequence, handwriting and identical captions, there exist at least two more albums.
One of them is the album of Mr. Kengelbacher which you can find in the internet.
The German family to whom the album belonged was living in Shanghai during WW2 (until 1946).
Photograph estate Cortum.
Shanghai, Markham Rd., Japanese bomb destroyed a tram
On October 14th, 1937, a tram was hit by a Japanese bomb at Markham road. All passengers were killed.
It derives from an album which was sold including captions in German language to the German-speaking community in Shanghai. I assume a local German photographer gathered the photos and combined into a memory of the Japanese War. The photos must have been taken by one or more accredited local photographer(s). Private residents did not have the access to the war sites.
Next to my album, in identical sequence, handwriting and identical captions, there exist at least two more albums.
One of them is the album of Mr. Kengelbacher which you can find in the internet.
The German family to whom the album belonged was living in Shanghai during WW2 (until 1946).
Photograph estate Cortum.