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First Airmail Trial Flight via Saigon and Marseilles 1932

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932

I have no record telling me how often or for how long this service ran, but according to Hong Kong Post's history web page, it was air-mail as far as Marseilles and then the post continued over land and sea to the UK.

A Chinese woman sewing on Wyndham Street

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-07-19 16:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1938

For the story behind this photo see https://gwulo.com/node/50642

Gwulo photo ID: A360

Back of postcard

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-18 16:41

The back of this postcard: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

Broken window

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-18 16:41

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

Currimbhoy & Co. sign

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Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

Fire Hydrant sign

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Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

H A Jooma Jusab sign

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-18 16:41

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

Woman sewing

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-18 16:41

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/37162

A Chinese woman sewing

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-18 16:38

For the story behind this photo, see: https://gwulo.com/node/50642

Gwulo photo ID: A560

Kowloon Wharves & KCR -railway goods access to piers

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2020-07-05 23:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Newspaper advert highlighting that KCR railway trucks could directly access the cargo vessel piers.

The only way would be across the Star Ferry bus terminal

https://gwulo.com/atom/18224

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