Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai.
The photo was made by one of its first directors, Willem Kien, of a group of cricket players, while he worked for the Hong Kong office.
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1915
This excellent photo on HT Wong's flickr account is entitled "1910s Lion Rock" and shows one of the circular blockhouses constructed by the British military that Rob Weir kindly described at http://gwulo.com/node/40882. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1919
This photo was posted on HT Wong's flickr account recently, entitled "1910s Midlevels Road". I didn't recognize the location but wondered if Gwulo could identify it based on the information on the the gatepost in the foreground which bears the name "E. D. C. Wolfe", and less clearly a number - perhaps "123". <Read more ...>
