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Rat bin in Quarry Bay, c.1910-1912

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

[Updated location to Quarry Bay, and date to c.1910-12, see comments below.]

Street in Shaukiwan, Hong Kong, c.1910-1913. Image from the Historical Photographs of China web site (www.hpcbristol.net), HPC ref HR01-142. Link: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/hr01-142. Signs for: ENTRANCE TO THE TAIKOO RECREATION GROUND and FOOK WAH COMPRADORE. Note the rat bin on the lamp post on the right. 

Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Chinese Exhibition, 1873

Charles' employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930). 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1873

Postcard Hong Kong - Hong Kong View from the Cricket Ground, 1905

Dear reader,

Do you know where the old cricket fields were located in Hong Kong?

Kind regards,

Pieter

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1905
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