Garden Party Java-China-Japan Line, Shanghai, ca. 1940

            Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

The photo albums of his China years contain many photos of the bachelor life in those days: travel, work, parties, trips within China and to Japan. They also include photos of the bombing of the Unilever factory during the 1937 Japanese attack of Shanghai, membership of the French Special Police and other unique photos.

Like Charles, David was interned in Chapei Civil Assembly Centre by the Japanese from 1943 to 1945. 
Being Jewish, internment in Shanghai probably saved David’s life; since all of his family members in the Netherlands were killed by the Nazis. 

David married, had two children and continued to work for Unilever. He became member of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRVC, Dutch Reunists Association China).

This ca. 1940 photo shows a garden party of the Dutch shipping company Java-China-Japan Line, internationally known as Royal Interocean Lines. Possibly, this garden party was held on Queen Wilhelmina's birthday, 31 August, a Dutch national holiday at the time. The flags represent the following shipping companies: 
Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij, VNS (founded 1920 as a cooperation of the companies represented by the other flags), 
Java Pacific Lijn (1915-23), 
Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (1870-1970), Rotterdamsche Lloyd (1883-1970), 
Java-China-Japan Lijn (1902-70, from 1947 named Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaart Lijnen NV, KJCPL).

Courtesy Van Gelderen family archives
   

Taken on: January 1, 1940

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/5.0, 1/60 sec, 46mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Lens:	EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	46mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 16.0 (Windows)
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