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A Busy Day on the Whangpoo

Posted: June 28th, 2024 | No Comments »

An arriving freighter is moored to buoys by sampans on the Whangpoo (Huangpu) downriver of the Bund as passengers on a coastal steamer watch. Behind the freighter is the USS Augusta, flagship of the US Asiatic Squadron. Mid-1930s by Alfred T Palmer.



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