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1884 - Maggie Watson Bain

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2019-02-15 17:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1884

Subject: A note in ink on the back says "Maggie Watson Bain age 6 months March 1884".
Date: 1884
Photographer: Afong. No address is given, but it shows the negative number was 4833 (or possibly 4855).
Format: carte de visite

Photo courtesy of The Pottinger Hong Kong hotel.

c.1875 - Two western men

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2019-02-15 17:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1875

Subject: Two western men
Date: The seller dated the photo to c.1875. The back of the card gives the photographer's address as Queen's Road, without any number. There is also a number for the negative, 1723.
Photographer: Afong
Format: carte de visite

Photo courtesy of The Pottinger Hong Kong hotel.

1872 - Capt. M. Dought(y)?, 10th Regt.

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2019-02-15 15:59
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1870

Subject: Capt. M. Dought(y)?, 10th Regt.
Date: 1872. 
Photographer: William Pryor Floyd, Wellington & Wyndham Streets
Format: carte de visite

Photo courtesy of The Pottinger Hong Kong hotel.

There's a pencil note on the back of the card: "CAPT M DOUGHT(Y)? 10th Regt. 1872".

The Captain's name is not clear, but the year fits the range of years, 1867-74, that photographer W P Floyd was active in Hong Kong.

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