报载,虬江路上上海的首家市级典当行开业了。提起典当,一些老上海很自然地会想起旧时上海的当铺,那高悬的当字招牌,高柜铁栏和拖腔拉调的唱货报价声。这一切对于现今的人们来说,已然很陌生,那么这在旧上海曾经盛极一时的行业,究竟是如何的状况。笔者根据上海市档案馆收藏的档案及有关材料,写成此稿,以飧读者。 According to the newspaper, the first municipal pawnshops in Shanghai on Qijiang Road opened. Mention some pawn, some old Shanghai will naturally think of pawnshops of old Shanghai, when the high hanging when the signboard, high cabinet iron bar and dragging pull sang sang quotations sound. All this is already a stranger to people today, so what is the status of the once thriving industry in old Shanghai. The author according to the archives of Shanghai Archives and related materials, written in this draft to readers.