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Philip and Sylvia Harding Klimanek in Jessfield Park, Shanghai, ca. 1933

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2022-01-23 15:59

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today]. <Read more ...>

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

1933

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Harding Klimanek family portrait, Shanghai, ca. 1932

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2022-01-23 15:45

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' senior manager. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today]. <Read more ...>

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

1932

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Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), Hong Kong, 1950, retirement Klimanek

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-10-26 13:47

Even though HCHC was taken over by Internatio in 1948, people kept referring to the company as Holland-China Trading Company. This group photo was taken for the occasion of senior manager Philip Harding Klimanek (front row, sixth from the left) leaving the company. Charles Gesner van der Voort can be found front row, first from the left, his wife Nancy third from the left. Phil Beekmeijer and his wife Ans are third row, first and second from the left.
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

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Holland-China Trading Company: VW T1 delivery van at street market, Hong Kong, ca. 1956

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-09 00:49

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):

1956

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Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), Hong Kong 1951

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-03-01 14:56

This Holland-China Trading Company photo shows Charles' friend and colleagues Phil Beekmeijer, last row, third from the left and Karel Baggerman. Charles is last row, right from the large pillar, fourth man.

The photo was taken by Ming Yuen Studio, 6 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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

1951

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