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Star Ferry Pier, Central - 1937

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937

The original caption under this photograph reads : : On the right is shown the pier in the harbour of Hongkong where the launch was moored when its boiler exploded causing the deaths of 35 persons

This was one illustration within a ten-page article by Professor C. A Middleton Smith about the need for more supervision of engineering and mechanization in Hong Kong and China 

Enhanced scan of image from The Far Eastern Review,  Sep-Oct Issue 1937

General PostOffice & Government Offices - Central - 1905

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

Caption: FRONT ELEVATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES, PEDDER·ST.,

Scan of Architech's drawing reproduced in "The Far Eastern Review" in July 1905 when the building was under construction

General-Post-Office-Details of Entrance and a Gable

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

Scan of Architech's drawing reproduced in "The Far Eastern Review" in July 1905 when the building was under construction. This drawing shows details of the main entrance and a gable.

General PostOffice & Government Offices - Floor Plans

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

Scan of Architech's drawing reproduced in "The Far Eastern Review" in July 1905 when the building was under construction . These are plans of the intended layout of the Ground and 1st Floors.

1954 Central view

Shows both Queen's Piers. 

The harbour in front of the older Queen's Pier is not yet reclaimed yet, there will be the Star Ferry Pier (3rd location) in about three year's time.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1954

1980 Wyndham St

Jimmy's Kitchen on the right.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Town of Victoria, ca. 1870

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) 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): 
1880

1963 The Mandarin Hotel = 文華酒店

Amazing how tiny the St. George's Hotel is compared to its neighbours.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1963

Vehicular Ferry Pier Central: Plan 1928

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

Central Market (from Praya) 1895

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895

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