MacTavish & Lehmann, Hongkew, 1907

This new book from Patrick Chiu (below) caught my eye as it has a famous photo of MacTavish & Lehmann’s major Shanghai store on the cover. MacTavish & Lehmann were early to the Settlement with a store at #1 Bund before moving to a larger location (pictured below) at the junction of Broadway (Daming Lu) and Soochow Road North (Suzhou Bei Lu), often referred to as Hongkew Medical Hall (and roughly where the Boradway Mansions building stands today). A chemists, parfumerie, medical instruments store and a photography studio all in one building including a dark room for the use of amateur photographers. In the photo below blown up you can also see the Tramways Offices by The Eastern Produce and Jewellery Co. To the right of the Medical Hall, are two shops, Havana Cigar Depot and Broadway Drapery & Outfitting Stores.