The Archive · 1938

The Back Page

The story of Shanghai's daily life is reflected in the small advertisements on the back page. One of the most interesting sections is For Sale—Miscellaneous Here is a department store in miniature—if you happen to want what is offered for sale. A brief selection shows what s varied shopwindow it is condition; cents a dozen, r to buy new ones than to And breakfast bacon from European pigs!

These atid a score of other items are not offered for sal bargains, m dail

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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