The German railway on its first trip to Kiautschou on 13 October 1900 / Photographer: Scherl

Chinese officials of the imperial German Reichspost before their mail train on the Shantung railway line / Photographer: Scherl

German colonialists on the opening trip over the Hanku railway bridge / Photographer: Scherl

Recording date: 01.06.1904 Chinese celebrities in Jinan, the provincial capital of the Chinese province Shandong, before the opening train of the so-called Shantung Railway built by the Germans between Qingdao (Tsingtau) and Jinan (also: Jinanfu or Tsinanfu). She connected the German protectorate Tsingtao with the Chinese railway network / Photographer: Scherl