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Berlin Mission

Submitted by christoph on Tue, 2011-10-04 04:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1914
Places shown in this photo: 
Berlin Mission / Bethesda Orphanage [1861-????]

Findelhaus Bethesda - Orphanage Bethesda

German Tennis Club - 1927 [1927-????]

Submitted by christoph on Thu, 2011-07-07 15:31
Date Place completed: 
1927-01-01

The German Tennis Club - Deutscher Tennis Klub north to the junction Jordan Road - Gascoigne Road, Kowloon was established in 1927. There were two tennis courts an a small club house. In 1927 approximately 120 Germans lived in Hong Kong. Their number increased to 180 in 1935 and due to the sino-japanese war to 350/400 in 1939. In 1931 another club was established on the 4th floor of the Butterfield & Swire building in Central, 2 Connaught Road.

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Home for the Blind - 1903

Submitted by christoph on Tue, 2011-07-05 13:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1903
Places shown in this photo: 
Home for the Blind [1902-????]

An early Photo of the Home for the Blind in Kowloon in To Kwa Wan, Kowloon. A new wing was added in 1906.

Home for the Blind - Time Capsule

Submitted by christoph on Tue, 2011-07-05 00:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902
Places shown in this photo: 
Home for the Blind [1902-????]

The foundation stone of the "Home for the Blind" contained in a time capsule the picture on display. (scan from the book: Schwester Martha Postler; Hamburg 1909)

Swastika Kai Tak

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2010-10-08 01:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]

The swastika was not too uncommon in Hong Kong in the 1930s. At Kai Tak the Lufthansa proving flights between Berlin and Tokyo carried a swastika on the tail fin. This SCMP image is from 2 May 1939. Similar aircraft of the German-Chinese airline Eurasia also displayed the swastika for a period until the Chinese government requested their removal. 

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