1867: Qingdao Old Town (TsingTau) Headquarters of the Hamburg-American Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (Hamburg-American Line or HAPAG ). The Hamburg Amerika Linie was a German shipping company that was founded on May 27th, 1847 in Hamburg.
The HAPAG shipping company spanned the entire globe and the company slogan at time was “My field is the world.” On September 1st, 1970, after 123 years of service HAPAG merged with the Bremer North German Lloyd to form HAPAG -Lloyd AG .
2013: Zhong Shan Road commercial retail building for McDonald’s express, Airlines Hotel, and a Chinese convenience store.
Photograph © Colton Dirks