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NH 77715 Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China
Title: Shanghai, China
Caption: Flames are from fires in Chapei, the northwestern suburb of Shanghai, in late September to early October of 1937 as fighting was reaching its height between Chinese and Japanese forces there. View taken from the Park Hotel, a frequent vantage point which overlooked the city. The fire covered a stretch of territory five miles in frontage along Soochow Creek.
Description: Courtesy of Vice Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN (retired)
Catalog #: NH 77715
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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