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Taipei Weekend 3 – Taipei in the 1950s

Posted: September 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Came across these pictures of Taipei in the 1950s the other day and, if you know Taipei at all, they are rather fascinating. They’re all from Life I think and give a marvellous sense of the early days of the ROC. Click here

old taipei

2 Comments on “Taipei Weekend 3 – Taipei in the 1950s”

  1. 1 Bill Rich said at 2:56 am on September 5th, 2010:

    There are pictures you shouldn’t see on that post: People in uniform lining up with the rest of the people. How dare they imply that people in uniform need to line up for anything in Taiwan ? That doesn’t happen in China. Not even today.

    The CCP should protest strongly against that photo as it sure hurt the feeling of Chinese people.

  2. 2 Sonny Lee said at 6:21 am on June 28th, 2014:

    Saw the picture Bill Rich comment on, I think that is a line for a movie, pretty common then and now, soldiers get a discount but do have to get in line.

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