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Harbour Masters House

Submitted by indieorientalis on Thu, 2010-06-03 22:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1857
Places shown in this photo: 
Harbour Master's House /Pedder's Hill [1841-????]

The top left picture is titled "Pedder's Hill and Harbour-Master's House, Hong-Kong". The text below says it shows:

[...] the east side of Pedder's Hill, late the Harbour-master's residence and office, 84 feet above and 360 from the high-water mark. This View is taken from the 3-gun battery in front of the new Government offices.

1882 Rickshaw - Sketches in Hong Kong

Submitted by indieorientalis on Thu, 2010-05-20 10:58
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1882

Buy this: the original print is available for purchase at the Brian Seed Fine Art website.  (Affiliate link - Gwulo receives a commission on your purchases at Brian Seed Fine Art.)

It's a full page from the Illustrated London News in 1882, "Sketches in Hong Kong", with the text:

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