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Snow on Plantation Road 1893?

Snow on Plantation Road 1893?
Submitted by Herostratus
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Canton

[Update: Now identified as Fuzhou, see the comments below.]

Likely taken in Canton

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1893
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Submitted by OldTimer on Sun, 2019-01-13 08:38.

Greetings.   Not knowing if already discussed elsewhere!  The Hong Kong Observatory data show zero-degree C on January 18, 1893 -
http://www.hko.gov.hk/cis/extreme/mon_extreme_e.htm  

Such condition is cold enough to cause snowfall, and prevents melting given Plantation Road is several hundred metres above sea level.

The white stuff on the railings, roof top, and car tread marks convince me this was a snow day.  The people in the photo and their clothings show that they did not want to miss this rare event.   Regards,  Peter 

  

Submitted by Herostratus on Wed, 2019-01-23 02:42.

I cant remember where we originally discussed this picture but I recall that it was decided that it was taken in Canton. 

Submitted by OldTimer on Wed, 2019-01-23 10:48.

Thank you Herostratus for the clarification on another page which I missed.  Regards,  Peter

Addendum: https://gwulo.com/node/30427 - moddsey coming to the rescue again, Thanks!

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2019-09-05 08:27.

I found the original picture here at Historical Photos of China. It was from the collection of John Charles Oswald and captioned 'Foochow December 1892/January 1893' Full image below:

Foochow Dec 1892 - Jan 1893.png
Foochow Dec 1892 - Jan 1893.png, by Herostratus

Submitted by fzcuosfanabc on Tue, 2020-12-29 15:22.

It was the former Foochow Club, bearing the Chinese name "樂群樓". Attached are its introductions from Wiki and Fzcuo (an encyclopedia of historic buildings in Fuzhou), both in Chinese only:

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%90%E7%BE%A4%E6%A5%BC_(%E7%A6%8F%E5%B7%9E)

http://www.fzcuo.com/index.php?doc-view-59.html