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Postcard Chinese Wedding Procession, 1930s

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-02-05 13:37

Dear reader,

Where in Hong Kong could this photo be taken?

Kind regards,

Pieter

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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Postcard Hong Kong; Chinese Barber in the Street; No. 644 Itinerant Barbers.

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-02-03 06:20

This is a 1910s postcard with a photo which appears to be from the 1870s (for details please see the Flickr caption).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1870
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portrait of Hong Kong comprador Tong Lai Chuen, Holland-China Trading Company, ca. 1908

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-02-03 04:14

Dear reader,

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1908
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Postcard Hong Kong; Greetings from Hongkong Chinese Fortune Teller

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-02-01 21:14

Dear reader,

Please visit Flickr and read the caption to the photo. It has some background on the work fortune tellers did in China a century ago.

If you can help with translating the Chinese text on the table cloth, I would appreciate it very much.

Kind regards,

Pieter Lommerse

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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Chinese craftsman with a group of young spectators, ca. 1910

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-02-01 18:56

Dear reader,

Could this be somewhere in Hong Kong? Have you seen this scene before?

Kind regards,

Pieter

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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Village in the Hong Kong area, ca. 1910

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-01-29 05:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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Village in the Hong Kong area, ca. 1910

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-01-29 05:06

Dear reader,

Do you recognise this village in the Hong Kong area?

Thank you for your reply.

Kind regards,

Pieter Lommerse

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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Hunting group, Shanghai, ca. 1910

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-01-29 04:52

Dear reader,

Do you have any suggestions on which monument features in this photo? It was most likely made somewhere in the Shanghai area.

Many thanks,

Pieter Lommerse

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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Cricket Group, ca. 1910 Hong Kong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:26

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai.
The photo was made by one of its first directors, Willem Kien, of a group of cricket players, while he worked for the Hong Kong office.

 

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