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Holland-China Syndikaat: 1899 trade mark registration

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-09 00:47

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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1899

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Holland-China Syndikaat: 1899 trade mark registration

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-09 00:45

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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1899

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Holland-China Syndikaat: 1899 trade mark registration

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-08 15:43

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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1899

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Postcard Hong Kong: Views from the Peak, ca. 1947

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-08 15:40

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

This postcard was found in the company archives, held by Stadsarchief Rotterdam. It shows a view from the Peak and has serial number 437. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1947

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Holland-China Trading Company: 1904 trade mark registration

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-08 15:38

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1904

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Holland-China Trading Company: Hong Kong warehouse, North Point, 1950

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-08 15:36

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

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Holland-China Trading Company: portrait Van Andel, Hong Kong office, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-02 14:11

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Postcard Hong Kong: Pottinger Street, ca. 1947

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-01 13:36

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

This postcard was found in the company archives, held by Stadsarchief Rotterdam. It shows Pottinger street in Hong Kong and has a serial number, 189. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

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Phil & Ans Beekmeijer waving off friends going on 'big leave', Hong Kong 1951

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-05-31 20:35

Charles Gesner van der Voort's friend Phil Beekmeijer lived in Hong Kong with his wife Ans Beekmeijer-Kroeze when this photo was taken. In this year, 1951, he had been awarded with the Dutch Bronze Cross, for his "very courageous and prudent acting" during the Battle of Arnhem, "in which he did not sleep for three days", his daughter Liesbeth adds. Proud of the honour of receiving the award, he wore the decoration, for the occasion of waving off friends for a 'big leave', which Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) staff were entitled to after working abroad for four years. <Read more ...>

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1951

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Holland-China Trading Company: portrait of unknown Hong Kong employee in samples room, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-05-31 14:03

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1918

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Holland-China Syndikaat: 1899 trade mark registration

Postcard Hong Kong: Views from the Peak, ca. 1947

Holland-China Trading Company: 1904 trade mark registration

Holland-China Trading Company: Hong Kong warehouse, North Point, 1950

Holland-China Trading Company: portrait Van Andel, Hong Kong office, 1918

Postcard Hong Kong: Pottinger Street, ca. 1947

Phil & Ans Beekmeijer waving off friends going on 'big leave', Hong Kong 1951

Holland-China Trading Company: portrait of unknown Hong Kong employee in samples room, 1918

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