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Everything tagged "1950s Hong Kong"

Aerial View of Observatory

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

Des Voeux Road West & Connaught Road

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Aerial View of City looking east

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

Kowloon-Naval basin-Canton Road beyond HK Wharves

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1952

The buildings in the background behind the Junk's sail appear to be those previously highlighted as being in the 'Sand Pebbles' movie.

Unusually a large Royal Navy vessel is berthed on Kowloon side

GwilliamAndCheung.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Miss H.F. Gwilliam taken with Mrs Kitty Cheung, Principal of Ho Tung Technical School for Girls, at the latter's home in Macdonnell Road. Miss Gwilliam, Education Advisor for the Colonies, had helped Kitty with setting up the school, opened on 09.03.1953.

Kowloon peninsula.jpg

Kowloon peninsula government dockyard-Sand Pebbles movie location

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

The buildings in the background of phil's Sand Pebbles film shots are possibly in this overview. Bottom left corner 

1956 Kai Tak Airport

Looking towards Kowloon Peak. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

Wellington and Victoria Barracks 1952

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1952

From
Victoria Barracks (Hong Kong) 1842-1979. Edited by Lieutenant Colonel D.H. Oxley ; page 72.

(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence).

1956 Kai Tak Airport

Before San Po Kong was developed, View of the approach to the longer crossing runway 31.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

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