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Unknown - 7

Unknown - 7
Submitted by hfsiu

Where??

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 1, 1890
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-11-01 21:30.

HF, nothing there that I recognise. Is it one you've already located, or at least have a good idea where it should be?

Regards, David

Submitted by philk on Mon, 2010-11-01 21:54.

Just an uninformed wild guess to get the ball rolling.

Submitted by hfsiu on Mon, 2010-11-01 23:57.

But I would guess it was somewhere in Queen Road

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-11-02 18:02.

The business signs we can see on the left are in English, suggesting they're in a district that catered to foreigners. (HF, if you have the original, can you make out what the signs say?)

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2010-11-03 23:16.

If I were to guess where the photo was taken it would be Queen's Road Central looking west where Central Market on the right would subsequently be.

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2013-06-18 11:16.

Hi there,

Spotted a sign '公煙‘﹐  Black script on white board, just off the middle of the photo.  If you use Maximum zoom you should be able to see it.  That would mean there was an authorized opium resaler there.  Don't know if it also doubled as a den though.

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2020-11-22 07:15.

Enhanced image showing 'Seng Yuen Portrait Painter'

Seng Yuen Portrait Painter Enhanced.jpg
Seng Yuen Portrait Painter Enhanced.jpg, by eurasian_david

Seng Yuen was located at 94 Queen's Road in the 1880s