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Outside barber shop, ca 1910 Hong Kong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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"Fancy a cuppa?", 1909 picnic outside Hong Kong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:23

Charles worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai. 
The photo shows one of its first directors, Willem Kien, with a group of friends in the Hong Kong countryside. 

Willem Kien is listed as William Kien on several juror's lists on gwulo.com. E.g.  the 1906 list, where he is shown as manager of Holland China Handels Co., situated in Alexandra Buildings. In 1915, also his house address is displayed in the list: 7 Stewart Terrace, The Peak.

Courtesy Kien family archives

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909
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Tennis Match, Braeside Hong Kong, 1909

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:22

The person who made this photo, Willem Kien, was director at the company which Charles worked for, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). HCHC had offices in Rotterdam, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tientsin (Tianjin). He lived at The Peak. On Gwulo.com, I found the address of Braeside: 20 MacDonnell Road, also at The Peak. For Hong Kong residents, it must have been an excellent place for leisure.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909
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Charles in Shanghai cover

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:15

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked in Shanghai for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), which had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin) also. I am preparing a book about Charles and his friends. While doing research for the book, many people contributed photos, several of which can be found on Flickr. Quite a few photos relate to Hong Kong, from the 1900s to 1930s. Please enjoy and I look forward to your comments and additional information you may have. 

Pieter Lommerse

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939
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Hong Kong - Macau steamliner Fat Shan (1887-1933) in Hong Kong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:06

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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Photo 1930s China voyage Hong Kong, Chefoo (?), Aden (?)

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-01-26 07:04

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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Photo wrapper 1930s China voyage Hong Kong, Chefoo (?), Aden (?)

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

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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Shanghai

Submitted by Kim Shamash on Thu, 2016-10-27 20:08

I apologise in advance if this is a misuse of this site but does anyone know of any similar forum or group for mainland China and specifically Shanghai? Failing that does anyone know any officals in the Overseas Office in Shangahi? I am trying to trace land transactions for 2 specific addresses from 1946 but for obvious reasons there does not appear to be an equivalent to the Hong Kong Land Registry. 

Many thanks,

Kim

Shanghai business group ( Geddes Trading and Dairy ) ??

Submitted by seemex on Sun, 2014-05-04 06:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

This photo was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. I am fairly sure it was in Shanghai. The lone woman in the photos is Nora Hunter, and her father Tobias Hunter is also in the photo fifth from left side. Others in the photo may be Alexander Samson, Ernest Samson, Pete Pederson. The photo could also show Thomas Cock. The crates in the background could have been from tea, butter, or some food commodity as Geddes was an importer of butter and dairy products from Australia and elsewhere.

S.S. Tungchow, C.N.C. ( China Navigation Co. advertisement)

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2012-11-28 15:41

China Navigation Company ( C.N.C.) advertisement with a photograph of the China coastal and river steamer S.S. Tungchow, whose agents in Hong Kong and at other Chinese cities was Butterfold & Swire. The S.S. Tungchow , 2,104 tons was built in 1914 and for many years served on the Shanghai - Tientsin ( 天津 Tianjin ) route.

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