The Bund in Shanghai

A black and white landscape photograph of the Bund in Shanghai, taken from a high angle. The camera is looking slightly down across the waterfront, showing the buildings along the bank, cars on the road, people on the paved waterfront and piers, and ships docked in the river. A First World War memorial stands in the foreground, its obelisk occupying most of the height of the photograph, topped with a winged figure. People are sitting on the steps in the shade at the bottom of this monument. On the left of the image the buildings line the street, with a road immediately in front. The first building on the left has canopies over its windows and an awning over its entrance. A tram is at the edge of the pavement on the left, and there are people walking along the pavement. The buildings stretch away into the background, and across to the right of the image. One building has a domed top and colonnades at its front, and another has a clock tower. Between the two lanes of the road and by the riverfront automobiles and rickshaws are parked. On the right of the image in the middle ground, piers reach out from the waterfront over the bank. The tide is out and some of the beach is visible. The river can be seen in the background. Original caption (typed, beneath): ‘SHANGHAI - THE BUND.’