Caption

A street in Shanghai, page, photomechanical print, Shanghai, printmaker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company (possibly), c. 1881 - in or before 1886, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, paper, autotypie, height 157 mm x width 209 mm, street, façade (of house or building), A wide street scene with two- and three-story wooden buildings lining both sides, featuring overhanging roofs, balconies, and hanging banners between the buildings; a covered cart or rickshaw is parked on the right edge and another wheeled cart is visible on the left, with multiple pedestrians walking or standing along the street and clustered near shopfronts; shop signs and vertical hanging placards are attached to building facades, and fabric banners stretch across the street overhead; the image has a grainy, sepia-toned appearance and shows architectural details like tiled roofs, wooden railings, and windowed upper floors.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_326

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (9.8Mb) / 16.7in x 12.8in / 5003 x 3851 (300dpi)

Keywords

street Shanghai page photomechanical print printmaker Meisenbach's Autotype Company c 1881 - 1886 photographer paper autotypie height 157 mm x width 209 mm street façade of house building wide street scene two- three-story wooden buildings lining sides featuring overhanging roofs balconies hanging banners buildings covered cart rickshaw parked right edge another wheeled cart visible left multiple pedestrians walking standing clustered near shopfronts shop signs vertical hanging placards attached building facades fabric banners stretch across street overhead image grainy sepia-toned appearance architectural details tiled roofs wooden railings windowed upper floors