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Portrait Holland-China Trading Company staff, Hong Kong office, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:44

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Holland-China Trading Company Hong Kong office, 16 Des Voeux Road Central, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:42

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Hotz collection: Mandarin's Wife, by Lai Fong, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:41

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1870

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Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Central Praya, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:40

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1870

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Hotz collection: Hong Kong Public Gardens, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:39

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1870

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Holland China Trading Company: Hong Kong compradores office, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:38

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Holland China Trading Company: Hong Kong office samples room, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:37

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Holland-China Trading Company: portrait of porter and VW T1 delivery van, Hong Kong, ca. 1956

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:35

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1956

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View of Hong Kong harbour, ca. 1907

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-05-04 03:18

Dear reader,

A photo album on which this photo is on the cover, is from 1918. Gwulo member moddsey helped me establish a date for this photo: ca. 1907. On the left John's Cathedral can be seen and in the centre and right there are the Naval Yards, with a new dockyard being finished in the centre.

A vague number 218 has been painted to the negative of the photo (lower left), which style might reveal the maker. Any suggestions?

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1907

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