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Henri Cartier-Bresson - CHINA. Shanghai. 1949
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Temple of Nan-tao. A sleeping guard.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Lunch time.
CHINA. Shangai. June 1949. Motorized groups passing during the parade celebrating the liberation of the city. Brand new tanks triggered off the enthusiasm of th
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Nankin Road. A unionist demonstration marches up the avenue while the People's Army descends.
(The Communists take the controll of Shang
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. The sign above the sidewalk library reads: "Develop the production, make the economy prosper".
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. At the art exhibition in a big department store.
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Soldiers of the People's Army take shelter in the shade of buildings which serve as their barracks.
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. Communist parade. The banner proclaims: "Against bureaucratic Capitalism, Feudalism, and Imperialism."
(The Communists take the con
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Nan Tao district.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. The reopening of the St Ignace College (secondary students). The European library.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. To celebrate the liberation of the city, tramways were decorated by the employees. The Shanghai tramway company was formerly French.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. General Chen-yi, military commander of Shanghai speaks to party dignitaries at the victory celebrations of August 7. Behind him, a portra...
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Nan Tao quarters. In a portraitist's store artists can come to paint from life or from photos. Hanging above as if it were new, one finds
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Communist parade.
(The Communists take the controll of Shanghai the 27th of May.)
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
L'aviation du Kuomintang a bombardé Shanghai. Les bombes sont tombées sur les faubourgs où elles ont fait de nombreuses victimes parmi l
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. In September, "The Promotion" was playing in a theater. In this scene, Chiang Kaï-shek is in a rage against his wife's brother-in-law H.H...
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. While his naked child sleeps, a street vendor pushes his improvised stall through the streets shortly before the fall of the city to the
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Mao Tse-Tung's army is in control of Shanghai and the Kuomintang has fled. But the foreign diplomats and businessmen meet, as in the days
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Youngsters devour the illustrated stories sold by wandering book vendors. Edited by the new regime, each one preaches a Confucius-cum-Com
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Feast celebrating the solemn entry of the army in Shangaï, on August 1st, 1949. A trade union representative holds the enlargement of a
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. After the Communist victory, a well-to-do commuter carries his pocket money in bound bundles.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. After typhoon.
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Children await coolies and rickshaws to help them transport things across humpback bridges. They chase after the rickshaw to make them pa...
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Sing song girls.
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. Artists and writers organizations going to a political meeting.
(The Communists take the controll of Shanghai the 27th of May.)
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. September 1949. After their departure, the nationalits imposed a maritime blockade in Shanghai. After 5 months of blockade, a US ship, the "Gor
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949.
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. A portrait hangs of the General in Chief Chu-teh during a march leading towards a political meeting.
(The Communists take the contr
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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. At an exposition organized by the cultural service of the People's Army: the themes, the epic Long March, past misery of the peasants, an
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. Political meeting with the leaders' portraits behind.
(The Communists take the controll of Shanghai the 27th of May.)
CHINA. Shanghai. June 1949. Communist parade. The banner proclaims: "Against bureaucratic Capitalism, Feudalism, and Imperialism."
(The Communists take the con
CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Celebrating the Communist conquest of Shanghai.
CHINA. Shanghai. Sing song girls. 1949
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