Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/L8 contains:
<-- See earlier
23	Photographs of Tsingtao
24	Photographs of the Ewo Brewery
25	Photographs of 3 Lombard Street
26	Photograph of the Hong Kong office
27	Photographs of the Battle of Shanghai
28	Photographs of the wharf and company offices in Shanghai
29	Photograph of S.S. 'Leesang'
30	Photographs of war damage in Shanghai
31	Photographs of the China incident
32	Photographs of the sandbagging of the Shanghai office
33a	Photograph of Shanghai staff
See later -->

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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Photographs of the wharf and company offices in Shanghai
Reference	MS JM/L8/28
Covering Dates	1937
Extent and Medium	1 envelope

Content and context

Thirteen photographs taken during Sino-Japanese fighting in Shanghai in 1937 depicting activity at Ferry Wharf (the City Government jetty) in front of the offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Peking Road, and the inside of some of the offices. The envelope includes a covering letter from Glen Line Ltd, London, to A.B. Stewart, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 21 October 1937. There are duplicates of some photographs.

Further information

Two photographs of the Ewo Brewery found in the envelope are now L8/24.

Manuscripts/MS JM/L8/28 contains:

Photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang'. A photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang' lying at Ferry Wharf, with the offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in the background. The photograph has been numbered 3 in pencil.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang'. A photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang' lying at Ferry Wharf, with the offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in the background. The photograph has the stamp of the Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd Property Department on the reverse.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang'. A photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang' lying at Ferry Wharf, with the offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in the background.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang'. A photograph of the view from land of the S.S. 'Leesang' pulling out from Ferry Wharf, with fires visible in the background on the two yards where fighting is taking place between Chinese and Japanese forces. Details of the military engagement is given on the back of the photograph. It is numbered 5 in pencil on the front.
1 photograph.

3 Sep. 1937

Photograph of export cargo. A photograph of export cargo piled up on the City Government jetty, awaiting collection by S.S. 'Leesang'.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of the 'Pingwo' and 'Leesang'. A photograph of the S.S. 'Leesang' at the City Government jetty, with export cargo in the foreground and the S.S. 'Pingwo' in the background.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of S.S. 'Tingsang'. A photograph of S.S. 'Tingsang' at the City Government jetty.
1 photograph.

Sep. 1937

Photograph of Mills Department. An undated photograph of an office in the Mills Department, with the windows reinforced with splinter-proof sheeting. There is a note on the back about shell damage in the area.
1 photograph.

circa Sep. 1937

Photograph of Mills Department. An undated photograph of an office in the Mills Department, with the windows reinforced with splinter-proof sheeting.
1 photograph.

circa Sep. 1937

Photograph of Shipping Office. A undated photograph of the Shipping Office, with the windows reinforced with splinter-proof sheeting. A note on the back describes how a piece of shrapnel came through the window but did not hurt anybody.
1 photograph.

circa Sep. 1937

Photograph of Shipping Office. A undated photograph of the Shipping Office, with the windows reinforced with splinter-proof sheeting.
1 photograph.

circa Sep. 1937