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People on a tennis court, 23 January 1927

Submitted by schultie on Thu, 2021-03-04 03:16
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1927

Picture taken somewhere in Hong Kong on 23 January 1927 on a tennis court. From right to left: The man standing on the far right is one Mr. Knottnerus (Dutch). The sitting man to his left is one Huang Chod (difficult to read), a brother of the comprador, the (sitting) a Mr. Heintzen, sitting in front of him (in dark suit) Pieter Marks, then the man standing as Mr. Meike or Merke (?), next, the lady with hat, Mrs. M.G. Marks-Groot, then (standing) a Mr. Huizer, the sitting man is the comprador, and finally bon the far left a Mr. De Kant.

Tennis tournament against Japanese, Qingdao, 1915

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-10-18 22:33

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today].

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915
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Philip Harding Klimanek and his mixed double tennis partner, Shanghai, ca. 1913

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-10-18 22:27

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today].

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1913
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Tennis Match, Braeside Hong Kong, 1909

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:22

The person who made this photo, Willem Kien, was director at the company which Charles worked for, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). HCHC had offices in Rotterdam, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tientsin (Tianjin). He lived at The Peak. On Gwulo.com, I found the address of Braeside: 20 MacDonnell Road, also at The Peak. For Hong Kong residents, it must have been an excellent place for leisure.

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1909
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Tennis Court at Barker Road

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2019-01-13 00:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

Victoria Hospital Tennis Party

Submitted by debcoxon on Tue, 2016-04-19 21:42
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Tennis court below Barker Road [c.1923- ]

my grandmothers's caption: " Duvall Mayor? Ken Morris, Cullinan - I don't know if there should be a comma after Ken (and that he is my gradfather Ken Staple) or whether, she meant Ken, Morris, Cullinan - again, any information of people to give this context wd be appreciated  -  no idea of date except that if Ken is my grandfather, pre 1931

1915 Hong Kong Cricket Club Tennis Match

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2016-03-28 12:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915
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HK Cricket Club pitch (1st location) [1851-1975]
Hong Kong Cricket Club Clubhouse (2nd location: SW) [c.1904-1923]

Just over a century ago. Played on 31 May 1915 between H. E. Nisbet (ex-champion) and S. H. Green (Colony's defending champion) at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Nisbet won 0-6, 9-7, 6-2, 5-7 and 6-4. China Mail 1 June 1915 refers. The papers of the day refer the name of the victor as Nisbet which is different from the spelling in the photograph.

 

Tennis court below Barker Road [c.1923- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-02-15 13:13
Date Place completed: 
c.1923-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

It's in front of Victoria Flats, and at the top of Chatham Path.

It was built as part of the construction of the Victoria Hospital Maternity Block (today's Victoria Flats). The newspaper report about the construction of the Maternity Block also mentions the construction of the tennis court:

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Tennis team.jpg

Submitted by Bails on Wed, 2016-02-10 20:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
Places shown in this photo: 
Club de Recreio [????- ]

My mother Peggy Bailey, (nee Flynn) is third from the left at the front. What I would like to know Modsey, is where was this taken.

I reckon this was taken in c.1948-9? I think some of the players are from Club Recrio and I know they had links with Macau as well as Hong Kong? Of course Club de Recrio is near Kings Park in Kowloon.

Swimming canal

Submitted by seemex on Sun, 2014-07-06 02:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

This photo I believe was taken close to the others I've posted showing the smimming canal, tennis, etc. The ages and dress of the family is very close as are the thatched huts which leads me to think the pictures were taken close together. My family lived in Kowloon, at Humphreys Road and my grandfather was said to have owned some farm type property where events may have been held. While he did have interests in Malaya, I still think that this group of photos was from somewhere close to where they lived.

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