Janus: Shanghai Racecourse, circa 1870

RCS contains:
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Y3031L	British family, Perak, Xmas 1922
Y3031M	E.J.H. Corner photographs
Y30333A	Views in the Dutch East Indies (Java and Sumatra), 1880s-1890s
Y30333B	Photographs of Macassar, circa 1900
Y30333C	Reception for Queen's Day, 1952, Djakarta [i.e. Jakarta]
Y3034A	Buchanan-Smith North Borneo [i.e. Sabah] photographs 1903-09
Y3035A	Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak
Y3035B	Cinnabar and antimony mining in Sarawak, circa 1868
Y3035C	Views of Kuching and Labuan, 1890s
Y3035D	Photographs of Sarawak, circa 1960
Y3035E	General photographs of Sarawak, 1960s
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Shanghai Racecourse, circa 1870

Title	Shanghai Racecourse, circa 1870
Reference	GBR/0115/Y30377E
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	circa 1870
Extent and Medium	2 images; Fair condition but with some overall yellowing and slight fading.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Albumen prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 275 x 200 mm. Photographer unknown.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Shanghai Racecourse, circa 1870, Y30377E

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: East Asia, fiche numbers 6.

Index Terms

Asia

China

RCS/Y30377E contains:

Race course, Shanghai, circa 1870. 277 x 205 mm. View of the 'grandstand' of the race course, a small wooden pavilion with tiled and pyramidal hipped roof whose ridges project over the eaves and are curled upwards in Chinese style. Race-goers, officials and jockeys are posed for the photographer on the verandah and in front of the stand, while other spectators are seated in the background on the embanked slope overlooking the track. The first race course in Shanghai was on a plot of land known as the Old Park, with the earliest recorded meeting taking place in 1850. For the first few years English ponies were imported but after 1854, when a larger ground was purchased, Mongolian ponies were used exclusively at the two meetings in May and November. The course seen here lay just outside the International Settlement area to the south of Defence Creek, and was purchased in 1858, with the first meeting taking place in 1860.
Good condition, apart from slight overall yellowing..

circa 1870

Race Course, Shanghai, circa 1870. 273 x 179mm. View looking across the race-track towards spectators on the embanked slope, with a group of sailors leaning against the wooden railings of the course, and the pavilion.
Poor condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

circa 1870