Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1934
The number of performers and animals involved in this travelling circus makes one wonder where and how they were accommodated and how were they shipped to and from Hong Kong. Presumably there were no animal quarantine regulations at the time.<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1938
No one listening to this broadcast in HK or watching the launching in Scotland could ever have envisaged that the ship would end her days as scrap metal in Hong Kong's harbour <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1936
Map available on HKPL. Source: Gazetteer to the Land Utilisation Map, Land Utilization Survey published by the Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. Dated 1936. Originally published by the War Office. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1939
Here is another ad in response to the query about 1930s kitchen decor in Hong Kong. Although this illustration shows a hallway and staircase, tiles from top to bottom were very popular in kitchens and bathrooms and easy to clean in a climate where mould was rife. <Read more ...>
