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Hong Kong, monument in a city square
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Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Monday, January 1, 1940
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Connections:
- Hong Kong, monument in a city square shows Place Queen Victoria's statue (original location) [1896-1944]
- Hong Kong, monument in a city square shows Place HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984]
- Hong Kong, monument in a city square shows Place Statue Square, Central [????- ]
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80sKid
Does anyone know what happened to the stonework casing around Victoria's statue? Was it destroyed during the war? I know the statue has ended up unadorned in Victoria park
Queen Victoria Statue
The cupola was demolished after WWII.
Queen Victoria Statue
ah ok thanks... that's a shame
80skid
Queen Victoria Statue
One of Hedda Morrison's photos shows the empty cupola in 1946-7.
1946 Queen Victoria Statue
Looks like the link above to the HM collection is missing. Here is a similar photo.
Missing statue
Thanks moddsey - I'd forgotten the problems linking to that site.