Old Photos of Dalian in 1940s A View of Dalian’s Urban Landscape 80 Years ago

Share a group of old photos of Dalian from 1930s to 1940s. Let’s have a look at the urban landscape of Dalian 80 years ago

This group of old photos comes from postcards issued by Japanese at that time, when Dalian was occupied by Japan. Dalian and Lushun were the first small fishing villages. They were occupied by Russia in 1898 and established a port in Lushun, named“ Port Arthur”, Dalian Bay was ceded at the same time, named“ Darlini Port”. The sudden attack on Jinzhou in 1900 made the whole area south of Jinzhou occupied by Russia. In 1904, when the Russo Japanese War broke out and Russia was defeated, the occupied area south of the former Jinzhou ceded to Japan was given. Port Arthur was renamed Lushun, and Dalini was renamed Dalian; Kanto Prefecture”, Like Taiwan, it is regarded as a Japanese territory, but Kanto Prefecture is defined as a free port and has become a veritable special zone. This situation lasted until Japan was defeated in 1945

From this group of photos, we can also see that Dalian in the 1940s was already an extremely prosperous international metropolis

伊势町通  中央映画馆

神和正殿

常磐町通 连锁商店街

浪速町通

常磐町通