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1930s Lee Theatre

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2014-05-26 06:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
Places shown in this photo: 
Building on corner of Leighton Road and Sharp St E [????- ]

Causeway Road in 1940s

Submitted by Edmond on Sat, 2014-05-24 12:24
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948
Places shown in this photo: 
Causeway Road: The 'Causeway' in Causeway Bay [????- ]

Tramline along Causeway Road in 1940s

Harrison Forman-an Indiana Jones?

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2014-05-19 13:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1934

I came across this at a "aviation jumble sale" yesterday in the UK. The article is  in a 1934 edition of the UK's magazine Popular Flying. It would seem that Harrison Forman was something of an 'Indiana Jones' character before he settled on journalism and reportage photography in China and Hong Kong.   The article is written in a very breezy 1930s style depicting what "fun" it is to be roaming foreign lands. He also describes selling aircraft to "War Lords".

1930s Li Yuen Street West

Submitted by David on Sat, 2014-05-17 21:00

Where: This postcard is just labeled "Street Scene HK", so I'm hoping you can help identify this one. Here are the clues I can spot:

Sign

Washing

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-05-17 18:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Detail cropped from this photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/19907

People

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-05-17 18:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Detail cropped from this photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/19907

End of the road

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-05-17 18:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Detail cropped from this photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/19907

Sign

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-05-17 18:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Detail cropped from this photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/19907

View east from the Peak, late 1930s

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-05-07 20:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ride:

"the condition is not very good, but it clearly shows what was called Magazine Gap Road in those days, and some of the lovely houses."

The original is in an album covering old HK, prewar Cheung Chau and HK, the HKVDC at Fanling, and others, held in the Elizabeth Ride Collection at HKHP:

http://gwulo.com/node/13968

HKU from the air, taken by Kenneth, Jan 1933

Submitted by David on Wed, 2014-05-07 18:24
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933
Places shown in this photo: 
Hong Kong University, Bonham Road Campus [????- ]
Main Building, University of Hong Kong [1912- ]
Fung Ping Shan building [1932- ]
University staff quarters, Nos 1-5, University Path [????-????]
2 Hing Hon Road [1916-2014]
St. John's Hall, Bonham Road [1912-c.1967]

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ride. The original is in an album covering old HK, prewar Cheung Chau and HK, the HKVDC at Fanling, and others, held in the Elizabeth Ride Collection at HKHP:

http://gwulo.com/node/13968

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