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View from harbour #1

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View from harbour #1
Submitted by Admin
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, January 1, 1927
Gallery: 
1920s Hong Kong
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Submitted by marlowe on Wed, 2021-10-06 19:18.

The highlighted house is Ava Mansions (1924).
The landslide on the left is from 1926, but Aigburth Hall (1927) isn't there, so that dates it to 1926/27.

Submitted by eurasian_david on Wed, 2021-10-06 14:23.

Great detective work moddsey!

This pre-war photo of Hong Kong from the harbour has the number 64 appendaged to the title. Contrast with photo above numbered 65. Part of a commercial series? 

This one was labelled 35. Part of the same series? 
 

Submitted by fivestar on Wed, 2021-10-06 15:21.

The block of flats to the left of the Peak Tram track(same level as Ava House) is Thorpe Manor and above it is 1 Catham Path which is still there.

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2021-10-06 14:50.

Actually, on this page Marlowe has identified the correct location and provided supplementary information in dating the photo.

Yes, the harbour photos appear to have come in a series, sequential or not in numbering I cannot really say.

I think the street photo pre-dates the harbour photos and belongs to a different set of photos showing other sections of the city.

 

Submitted by eurasian_david on Wed, 2021-10-06 16:58.

Thanks - got you and Marlowe mixed up!