Everything tagged "1910s Hong Kong"

Postcard of a Chinese Funeral showing next door, the Criterion Hotel at 98-100 Queen's Road Central. The name of the proprietor can be seen on the signboard. The photographer took a couple of photographs of the same scene which later were turned into postcards. <Read more ...>

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1916 Pinewood Battery Detachment

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2020-03-30 15:10

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

1916

No other information is given but assumed to be related to Pinewood Battery. <Read more ...>

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kowloon city 1910 (九龍城1910)

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-03-24 23:18

This probably shows the New Kowloon City Road that was cut through the outskirts of Sacred Hill. <Read more ...>

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

1910

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Kowloon City

roads

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Rat bin in Quarry Bay, c.1910-1912

Submitted by Jamie Carstairs on Wed, 2020-01-29 17:48

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

1910

[Updated location to Quarry Bay, and date to c.1910-12, see comments below.]

Street in Shaukiwan, Hong Kong, c.1910-1913. Image from the Historical Photographs of China web site (www.hpcbristol.net), HPC ref HR01-142. Link: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/hr01-142. Signs for: ENTRANCE TO THE TAIKOO RECREATION GROUND and FOOK WAH COMPRADORE. Note the rat bin on the lamp post on the right. <Read more ...>