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Zetland Masonic Hall
Submitted by moddsey
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View the original, larger copy of this image at the UWM website: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/16595

The building in the background with the columns appears to be Zetland Masonic Hall. A photo here from 1945.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 1, 1941
Gallery: 
1940-41 Harrison Forman's photos
Connections: 
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Submitted by David on Tue, 2014-11-04 20:50.

That must be one of the last photos taken of the building before it was bombed during the Japanese occupation.

Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2014-11-05 13:50.

http://gwulo.com/node/22209 - On Hing Terrace is in the background.  Could you add it as a "place" on this photo?  Thanks,

Submitted by rhr193 on Mon, 2014-11-10 18:22.

David,

I realise that if you go to the source of this photo you see it is part of Harrison Forman's photos on HK but I was surprised that you did not mention that fact.  The other surprise is that it seems that he did not take the actual photo as he is the photographer in the photo!  Maybe he had a delayed action camera on a tripod which took the photo!  Did they have them in 1940?

Ron

Submitted by David on Mon, 2014-11-10 20:36.

Hi Ron,

For a note that these are Harrison Forman's photos, please see "Gallery:" further up the page.

Good point about the delayed action. I'd guess he was out with other photographers and just handed his camera to one of them, but I'm not sure.

Regards, David

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2014-11-10 21:34.

The whole HF collection is from here on... On page 2 of the collection, another photographer is on the roof-top of the same building.