Cathay Hotel and the Bund, Shanghai by CHINA - SHANGHAI) - No date. Circa 1930.

London.: Cathay Hotel.. No date. Circa 1930.. The 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ inch brochure opens to a black and white photographic panorama of the Bund, with the hotel's pyramidal roof clearly identifying the building along Shanghai's famous waterfront. The unfolded brochure, 12 x 15 inches, offers five black and white photographic views of the hotel's elegant interior. The front cover is marred by small abraded spots in each corner, evidently the result of being glued into an album. Otherwise, very good clean condition. The Cathay Hotel was built by Sir Victor Sassoon, a prominent member of a wealthy British family that had considerable holdings in Shanghai. Located prominently on the Bund, it opened in 1929 and is said to have been one of the first skyscrapers in the Eastern Hemisphere. The hotel itself occupied the building's 4th through 9th floors while the deco building's top floor was Sassoon's penthouse apartment. .