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Macau, 1917, The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, Limited.

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Wed, 2019-05-29 00:10

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai. This photo shows one of its first directors, Willem Kien, standing at the quay in Macau. 

On the photo, a steamer is about to board in Macau. The workmen are ready to connect a walking bridge, there is a crowd at the quay and a line of passengers waiting to board. It looks like the photo was taken from the arriving ship.

Courtesy Kien family archives

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917
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Richard ROTHWELL [1821-1895]

Submitted by rothweb on Wed, 2019-03-27 01:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Rothwell
Given: 
Richard
Birth
Date: 
1821-04-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Carlisle, Cumbria
Death
Date: 
1895-02-20
Cause of death: 
old age

I am a distant cousin of Richard Rothwell. He lived in Canton China from 1845 until 1857, making two short visits to England in 1851 and 1856. He was a clerk working for Jamieson, Howe, & Co. in the tea trade. His brother Thomas Rothwell was a tea merchant in Shanghai from 1855 until 1883. From 1862 until the brancruptcy in 1876 he traded under the name Rothwell, Love & Co. together with his partner Joseph Love jun.

Birthplace (country): 
England
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21 Picturesque HK The Pearl River Canton

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

22 Picturesque HK Canton

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

23 Picturesque HK The Old Pagoda-Canton

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

24 Picturesque HK The Flowery Pagoda Canton

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

25 Picturesque HK Temple of Five Hundred Genii Canton

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-01-26 20:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

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