Des Voeux Road
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Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Friday, December 31, 1926
Gallery:
Connections:
- Des Voeux Road shows Place Bank of East Asia Building (1st Generation), 10 Des Voeux Road [????-1933]
- Des Voeux Road shows Place Powell Building, 12 Des Voeux Road Central [????-????]
- Des Voeux Road shows Place Exchange Building / Exchange House / Telephone House / Lane Crawford House [1926-1977]
- Des Voeux Road shows Place Royal Buildings South / King Edward Hotel / Chung Tin Building [1902-c.1953]
- Des Voeux Road shows Place Jardine House (2nd generation) [1909-c.1955]
- Des Voeux Road shows Place The Netherlands India Commercial Bank Building, 16 Des Voeux Rd C. [1906-c.1930]
Comments
Although James McAndrew was
Although James McAndrew was only in Hong Kong between 1935 and 1937, this an older view that he bought as a postcard.
I'll guess 1926, as the Exchange Building has scaffolding up, and it looks as though there is scaffolding around the old Hong Kong Hotel North Wing too, for its demolition after the big fire in 1926. Corrections welcome!
1926 would be correct
I have a similar photo. 1926 would be correct as the trams with the enclosed upper decks were introduced in 1925. They look relatively 'new' in the photo.
Hotel
Also, the King Edward Hotel, seen at the right, was gutted by fire in 1929 and never reopened as far as I know. Newspaper reports (HKDP Aug 2 and Oct 17, both page 5) discuss demolition and a possible rebuilding of the hotel, but the owners filed for bankruptcy in, as I recall, 1930.
Passenger
I spotted a 'special' passenger on the rear updeck of the wooden-roof tram - a dog!
Joseph