Revelers pose for a photo at a costume dress ball in the Cercle Sportif Français, one of two cosmopolitan social clubs in the French Concession. Membership at the Cercle Sportif Français was rumored to be more egalitarian than in other foreign social clubs; it allowed Chinese members and even 40 women to join each year. A writer for the Shanghai Daily describes its ballroom as "one of the loveliest" in the city.

Virtual Cities Project/Institut d'Asie Orientale 

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