Snapshot memories of old Shanghai
By Zhang Kun in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-05 05:33
Chen Lishan and his wife Cao Lizhen show off their engagement photo taken by Sam Sanzetti in the 1950s. Hu Xiaomang / For China Daily |
It was a social necessity for the rich and famous in Shanghai to have their portraits taken by Sam Sanzetti at his studio on busy Nanjing Road. But few realized that their photographs would become a part of Shanghai's history decades later.
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