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The Banker’s Bullet-Ridden Buick
Andrew Hillier explores the story behind a pair of striking photographs in our collection, and in his family’s history. The images of Guy Hillier’s bullet-ridden car would have been surprising to those who knew him only as the blind and … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, car, Hillier, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Manchus, Puyi
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Metropole Hotel, Shanghai, 1930 上海新城饭店老照片
This photograph (BS-s11) of the Metropole Hotel under construction, is from the British Steel Archive Project, in Teesside, from whence came the girders for the building’s steel frame. The Metropole was designed by Palmer and Turner, and was built on … Continue reading
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Tagged advert, advertising, architecture, bamboo, billboard, BSAP, building, car, Chrysler, construction, crane, Goodyear, policeman, poster, rickshaw, Sikh, steel, tire, tram, tyre, vehicle
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