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Postcard Hong Kong; Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Mon, 2020-05-04 14:02

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou (Canton), Tianjin (Tientsin), 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.

This photo is from a folder of ca. 1910 Hong Kong postcards by M. Sternberg.

Courtesy Kien family archives. <Read more ...>

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1910

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Postcard Hong Kong; Chinese Wedding Procession. Hongkong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-02 22:32

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1910

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Postcards Hong Kong wrapper postcards by M. Sternberg

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-05-28 12:52

M. Sternberg, No 51, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong,
Dealer in pictorial cards, and all kinds of fancy cards,
also Christmas, New Year, and birthday cards, post card albums, by retail and wholesale,
The largest assortment of Cards in the Colony.

The site Gwulo.com (<a href="https://old.gwulo.com/%3Ca%20href%3D"https://gwulo.com/node/32930">https://gwulo.com/node/32930" rel="noreferrer nofollow">gwulo.com/node/32930</a>) shows an item with the description: M Sternberg, Wholesale and Retail Postcard Dealer [c.1906-c.1914] <Read more ...>

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

1910

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Postcard Hong Kong; Happy Valley during a Race Meeting. Hongkong.

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-02-16 16:12

Dear reader,

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.

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>