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Scott’s of Shanghai – The “best equipped funeral establishment in the Orient”

Posted: April 2nd, 2018 | No Comments »

I’ve blogged about Scott’s the best known funeral directors in the Shanghai International Settlement – there’s a post on the firm’s history here

I came across another ad for them the other day so best mention them again – this ad is from 1930. I still love that their cable address (their WeChat name of the day) was ‘Chincasket’. Their offices and private chapel were up on Kiaochow Road, now Jiaozhou Road…



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