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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 1/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:28

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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1896

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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 2/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:27

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):

1896

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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 3/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:25

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):

1896

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Holland-China Trading Company: 1903 founding document

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:23

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):

1903

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Holland-China Trading Company: 1960 stamp Photostat, Hong Kong Photocopy Service

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:21

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):

1960

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Portrait Willem Kien, Dresden ca. 1895, photo studio Hahn's

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-05-25 01:03

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 ...>

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

1895

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Hong Kong, group of young men relaxing, ca. 1900

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2019-02-21 16:32

Dear reader,

Do you perhaps recognise the patch of land, somewhere near The Peak (is my guess)?

And what about the structure: straw, held up by poles. Any thoughts on what this is?

Regardless of these questions, the young men in this photo are having a good time on a sunny day. Please enjoy it!

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>

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

1900

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Hong Kong, street view, ca. 1900

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2019-02-21 16:17

Dear reader,

Can you please help to identify this street in Hong Kong?

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>

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

1900

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Hong Kong, Braeside & British Military Hospital, ca. 1910

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2019-02-21 16:06

Dear reader,

Can you please help to identify these buildings on The Peak?

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>

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

1910

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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. <Read more ...>

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

1909

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