Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1910
Bowrington Canal c.1910.
From looking at David's 1957 Map of Hong Kong's northshore, I think this photo was taken from the canal crossing at Russell Street where the canal's alignment lines up with Lion Rock. It is rare to find a Hong Kong street photo that shows this hill. Notice the air quality and clarity of the photo.
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1910
Office of the Dutch India Commercial Bank, the Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank, in the 1910s. The picture comes from a book publishhed in 1913 by the head office of the Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to commemorate that bank's 50th anniversary on 14 July 1913. So the photo must be from before that date. <Read more ...>
