Portrait of Willem Kien (1877, Arnhem - 1970, The Hague), who was educated in Dresden and lived there with his family.
Ca. 1898 he went to China to work. In 1903 he became representative of Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai, when the company was founded. Charles would join the company in 1938, first as a trainee in the Rotterdam head office and then in Shanghai, in 1939. <Read more ...>
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Charles worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin (Tianjin), Rotterdam and London. At the start of the company, in 1903, Willem Kien started to work for HCHC in Shanghai, later becoming director. In 1921 he left China and became director at the Rotterdam head office.
Ferdinand Bernard (Frits) s'Jacob (1872, Rotterdam-1941, London) was one of the founders of the company which employed Charles, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). <Read more ...>
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Please enjoy this 1910s photo of the Happy Valley race course. Charles' colleague Frits Kien describes how cleaning department staff won the first prize one year, you can find the story in the original Flickr page.
Photo made by Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Willem Kien, director of Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tientsin (Tianjin).
Gwulo member tngan commented: That would be the Zoological & Botanical Garden. The big house at the back was the Governer's. Botjhthe house and the park are still there. <Read more ...>
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