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Causeway Bay 1869.jpg
Submitted by danielwettling

Hi,

I have this photo, I tried to figure out for quite a while where the location could be. Is that Causeway Bay in around 1869 ? On the right side that must be Morrisson Hill ?

Thank you so much

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Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2020-06-26 06:45.

One is looking at Wanchai. The white two storey buildings on the left is on Spring Garden Lane.  At the end of the buildings is Cross Street. Moving east, Cross Street meets up with Wanchai Road. The hill on the right is Hospital Hill. Morrison Hill is behind. Causeway Bay is behind Morrison Hill.

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-06-25 23:03.

Update after tngan's comment:

The road that makes a left, then right turn should be Johnston Road, after the second turn Hennessy Road (probably not having this name then). In the left back is Kellett Island.

Submitted by tngan on Thu, 2020-06-25 22:30.

Hi Klaus,

In this photo, Johnston Road was the sea front.  Hennessy Road did not exist yet.

T

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2020-06-26 06:52.
1910 Wanchai view
1910 Wanchai view, by Eternal1966

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2020-06-26 23:35.

Moddsey, good find. I was quite sure that this photo was uploaded to Gwulo, but I didn't find it (althought it was posted by myself). 

Looking at the buildings, they do not differ so much on the one attributed to 1869 and the one to 1910. Possibly both photos are closer together regarding the dates they were taken.

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-06-27 00:32.

Here is another similar photo, attributed to the 1910s. Looks quite different compared to the two others.

1910s Looking East (Wanchai)
1910s Looking East (Wanchai), by Eternal1966

 And one more:

1910s Looking East
1910s Looking East, by Eternal1966

Submitted by Herostratus on Sat, 2020-06-27 22:08.

Photo date is sometime in the 1890s rather than 1869