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Eleven month voyage between Newcastle, Australia, and Hong Kong

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2021-09-05 02:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

An interesting story worthy of being the basis of a 1950s British black & white ' hero' movie.

Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company [1865-1958]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2020-12-06 17:51

From Wikipedia

The Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat Company was a British merchant shipping and maritime trading company founded in 1865 in the Crown colony of Hong Kong.

Dutch volunteers, Le Cercle Sportif Français, Shanghai, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-09-13 02:11

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937
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Hong Kong, Repulse Bay, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2020-08-08 18:31

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

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1937
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Hong Kong, Repulse Bay, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2020-08-08 02:06

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

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1937
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View from Java-China-Japan Line m.s. Tjisadane arrving in Hong Kong, May 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-06-21 18:25

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

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Passengers Java-China-Japan Line m.s. Tjisadane Jakarta-Shanghai via Hong Kong, Xiamen, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-06-21 18:23

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

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Dutch volunteers, Le Cercle Sportif Français, Shanghai, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-05-24 21:57

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers.

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1937
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chapei
civil
assembly
centre
Jewish
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reünisten
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nrvc
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Hongkong Telegraph Newspaper- Shipping - Dollar Line -Oct.1925, by Chinarail

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 10:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

This 'Dollar Line' advertisement within the Shipping section of the Hongkong telegraph for February 1925 suggests that the Dollar Line "President" ships deployed on the Pacific route between Hong  Kong and USA  had been upgraded to a  larger class of  535 ft .(length) ships ships with a tonnage of about 14,120 tons. 

Hongkong Telegraph Newspaper- Shipping - Dollar Line -Feb.1924

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-05-20 10:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924

This 'Dollar Line' advertisement within the Shipping section of the Hongkong telegraph for February 1924 clearly suggest s that the Dollar Line "President" ships deployed on the Pacific route between Hong  Kong and USA  were all of the class of ships with a tonnage of about 10,500 tons. 

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