Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1910
[Updated location to Quarry Bay, and date to c.1910-12, see comments below.]
Street in Shaukiwan, Hong Kong, c.1910-1913. Image from the Historical Photographs of China web site (www.hpcbristol.net), HPC ref HR01-142. Link: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/hr01-142. Signs for: ENTRANCE TO THE TAIKOO RECREATION GROUND and FOOK WAH COMPRADORE. Note the rat bin on the lamp post on the right. <Read more ...>
Carrier-based planes strike Hong Kong, one of the most important Japanese held seaports in China. Taikoo Shipyard is ablaze. Photographed by a plane from USS Hancock (CV 19), 16 January 1945. (5/22/2014). <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Submitted by Rob Jennings on Mon, 2018-02-19 22:39
I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the hat worn by the gentleman on the left in the photo below. This photo is a crop from a larger image of the Taikoo Cable Car from the sugar refinery up to the Sanitarium (sic) between Mount Butler and Mount Parker. We're wondering if it is some form of sartorial addition to further improve the protective qualities of the pith helmet? Has anyone seen anything similar? <Read more ...>
