Photo Album of Famous Places in Central Southern China 中南支名所写真帖 by CHINA - SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR - SHANGHAI - NANJING) - 1938.

1938.. Black and white photo illustrations numbered 1 to 124, 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, textured cloth over card binding with gold title and silver decorative image. Text block has separated from binding. Sections are bound with thread which has come loose on some of the sections. Light dampstaining to inner area of sheets throughout, but not very noticeable on most sheets. This small booklet of 124 numbered photos would seem to celebrate the successful Japanese incursions into China and the 1937 capture of the cities of Shanghai and Nanjing, of which there are many photos. The majority of the photos are of these two cities, with additional ones of rivers and countryside projecting a sense of normalcy in southern China. No record for this title has been found in WorldCat under the translation "Photo Album of Famous Places in Central Southern China."

A brief selection of the 124 titles includes:

1 Shanghai Peace Memorial

2 Shanghai Bund

3 Shanghai Garden Bridge

4 Shanghai Japan Naval Corps 海軍陸戦隊

15 Shanghai Park Hotel

16 Shanghai French Park

17 Shanghai China Post Bureau

18 Shanghai French Settlement

55 Nanjing National Government 南京　元国民政府 [possibly, Former National Government..?]

56 Nanjing Zhongshan Road - the main street of central Nanjing 南京　中山路　南& 20140;域内のメインス
488;リート

66 Snapshot of Yangtze River

109 Southern Chinese style sanpan .