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mount austin barracks 1937

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compare with the Life photo from similar angle a decade later

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937
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Pg.42: An Extravaganza of Signage

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

Queen’s Road began its route through Hong Kong’s commercial heart as a refined thoroughfare lined with prosperous buildings. However it became progressively less dignified, and a great deal more colourful, as it snaked westward through the more visibly Chinese sector of town. Here it coursed between open-fronted shops, overcrowded tenements and impromptu markets bristling with shop signs.

In this view,

Detail from page 42

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

1930s Aberdeen Harbour

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

c.1930, 14 Conduit Road

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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1935 New BEA building completed

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

From page 12, The Hong Kong Telegraph, 11 June 1935.

c.1935 Des Voeux Road Central

Who: The crowd is almost all male, with the exception of the lady on the right, strolling along with her parasol. Zoom in and you'll see she's left a trail of turned heads in her wake.

The street is busy with people. We can see the time on the Gloucester Building's tower - its twenty-five past one in the afternoon. Lunch time!

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1950s Map of Mount Kellett

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

[2015-04-27 Update: GW notes this likely dates from mid-50s, not 1938 as noted on the map (see http://gwulo.com/comment/31453#comment-31453). I've changed the title and date accordingly.]

Portion of a map of the Peak District. Copy available from Survey & Mapping Office, their ref: HG36.

Happy Kid Baby Water

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

I found this by chance, and it describes the trademark mentioned recently in this thread about this photo. It was issued to the Grand Dispensary. They were based in the China Building, one of the buildings in the photo.

The original document is on HKGRO.

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