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[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0081]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "British and American gunboats at Nanking on March 24th, laid down a barrage to protect a small band of foreigners who took refuge from riotous Cantonese soldiers on standard Oil Hill, Nanking."
Date: March 24, 1927
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0082]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Historic old Nanking, former capital of China and the City where Sun Yat-Sen first founded the provisional government of the Republic, was shattered and torn yesterday March 24 by shells from American and British warships."
Date: March 25, 1927
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0273]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In Communist China today four men do none man's job. This is one of the things that struck me hard about the world's most populous nation. The manpower wastage is fantastic, but it's a question of keeping all those millions working. Everyone works in China. All the women have jobs."
Date: May 12, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0083]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "British and American gunboats at Nanking on March 25th opened fire and laid down a barrage to protect a small band of foreigners who took refuge from riotous Cantonese soldiers on Standard Oil Hill."
Date: March 24, 1927
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0249]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Photo show British troops marching into Shanghai across the Garden Bridge. The large building just to the right of the bridge is the Soviet Consulate General headquarters."
Date: May 6, 1927
Creator: Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Incorporated
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0242]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here is Nanking Road, the 'Main Street' of Shanghai, China, which is now crowded with thousands of refugees from the civil war districts of the country. The contrast of Chinese and Occidental types of architecture, one beside the other, is a striking characteristic persisting of China's 'International' City."
Date: August 5, 1924
Creator: Associated Press
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0245]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Photo shows American marines on a "Route March" trough the streets of Shanghai on Saturday, March 5. the building in the background is the 'New World' a Chinese Amusement resort. Approximately 1,200 members of the Marine Corps contingent participated in the march and were led by Col. Hill and Lt. Col. Kilgore."
Date: March 29, 1927
Creator: Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Incorporated
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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