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1950s Connaught Rd C shop houses

1950s Connaught Rd C shop houses
Submitted by David
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connaught road

Reader IDJ has sent in this photo, an earlier view of the same shop houses shown in this photo. He writes:

Alas the image was not taken by me but by a Dutch photographer visiting in the late 1950s.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1950
Gallery: 
1950s Hong Kong
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Submitted by tngan on Fri, 2010-07-23 18:27.

Hi there,

Finally got the chance to zoom into the photo and take a look at the individual houses.  From the signs on each floor I spotted some of these:

Two (2) Restaurants;

Two (2) Trade Associations;

Four (4) Traveller Hostels

Two (2) Labour/Trade society

One (1) Chinese Clan Association;

One (1) Chinese Herbalist Clinic;

The rests are various merchants, tranders and shops.  We should be able to see more if we have the original photo blown up to close to A3 size.

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by Adam on Fri, 2010-07-23 18:44.

I wonder if the Dutch photographer in question was Ed van der Elsken. It's very much in his style. If you search with his name on Amzon for a book called Hong Kong, it's still available from a few affiliated dealers, and contains some of the most atmospheric photos of Hong Kong you'll ever see.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2010-07-23 21:08.

David, You got it in one. IDJ