A busy intersection in Shanghai's International Settlement, where a white-uniformed traffic policeman directs the flow of rickshaws, handcarts, and pedestrians beneath a canopy of tram and telephone wires. The storefront signage for the 'Power Company' identifies the district as the commercial heart of one of China's most cosmopolitan treaty ports in the 1930s. This print was scanned directly from the original negative, hence its reversed lettering. Project: 218357