China Photographer/agency: Associated Press. Street life in Shanghai and one image of Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1937-39. 6 vintage gelatin silver press prints. Most circa 20 x 14 cm and some larger. 2 with agency stamp and all with English press text label affixed to the verso. The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937-September 2, 1945. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when the USA entered the war, it was a scene of the Pacific War and thus part of the Second World War. One image shows foreign residents barricading their homes with sandbags to protect against flying shrapnel.

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