Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1939
Here is another ad in response to the query about 1930s kitchen decor in Hong Kong. Although this illustration shows a hallway and staircase, tiles from top to bottom were very popular in kitchens and bathrooms and easy to clean in a climate where mould was rife. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1924
In answer to a query about 1930s kitchen equipment in Hong Kong, here is a 1924 ad for Cheavin's water filters. It is actually no different in design to the water filter that my parents had in their kitchen on their Ceylon tea plantation in the 1950s. I'm sure other people of my vintage will recall these as well. <Read more ...>
