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Harbour view
Submitted by hfsiu
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, January 1, 1886
Gallery: 
1880s Hong Kong photos
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Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2010-09-18 12:56.

Catholic Cathedral construction should help date the two photos. 

 

Submitted by David on Sun, 2010-09-19 14:52.

Thanks HF, lots to see in this one!

Submitted by annelisec on Sun, 2010-09-19 16:34.

I'd put this on the home page because this kind of panorama is, so far, unique on Gwulo !  So, HF, you are the buyer from eBay :)   It is very kind of you to put such a high quality scan on Gwulo.

Submitted by hfsiu on Sun, 2010-09-19 19:16.

I bought this from a dealer, not from the ebay, with much cheaper price:)

I have a few panorama, and this is the best among my collection.

Submitted by cmshun on Fri, 2013-01-11 09:25.

Dear HF,

I am very interested in the part of TST especially where the Hong Kong Observatory and Marine Police Base were.  Is it possible for you to blow up these parts?  

Also do you sell re-prints of this panorama?

Best regards,

CM Shun

Submitted by cmshun on Fri, 2013-01-11 09:45.

A blow-up from the current image (below) can reveal the 1883 Building of the Hong Kong Observatory (upper right) and the Time Ball Tower (lower middle) at the Marine Police Station vaguely.  The Knutsford Terrace was not built yet.  These corroborate the date of 1886.

A higher resolution image of TST will be greatly appreciated!

CM Shun

Blow-up of Harbour View 1886

Submitted by hfsiu on Sun, 2013-01-13 17:57.

Hi, CM, I have enlarged TST for you. Have you found anything interesting? This is scanned by 600 x 600. So can't be better.

TST

Submitted by cmshun on Wed, 2013-01-16 23:07.

Dear HF,

Thank you very much for this, which could reveal a bit more around the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), especially the little structure (appearing in white) west of the HKO 1883 Building, which may be the circular structure shown at: http://gwulo.com/node/13930.

If you have some other earlier photos of Kowloon, please let me know!

CM

Harbour View 1886 TST Blow-up High Resolution

Submitted by hfsiu on Fri, 2013-01-18 10:06.
No more earlier TST. All my kowloon collection are related to To Kwa Wan & Kowloon city. Are you interested as well?

Submitted by cmshun on Thu, 2013-01-24 22:04.

Many thanks HF...  my current interest is in TST.  

Best regards, 

CM

 

Submitted by ypso on Sat, 2020-04-11 21:29.

Dear HF, 

Thank you for posting this great image of early Victoria City. I am currently doing a reseach on HK early city transformation between 1845 to 1900 and I would like to ask you a favour for zooming in the area (inside red box) around Graham Street, Central Market and P&O co .? Would it be possible? Thank you in advance!

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Request for Zoom in capture.jpg, by ypso

Best regards,

Bill