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Swimming canal near Hong Kong

Submitted by seemex on Sat, 2014-06-28 09:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

I believe this photo is at a location near Hong Kong. My grandfather had a farm or what was referred to as a "farm" near this place. I have other photos showing a large body of water, maybe a bay of some sort, and others showing thatched dwellings such as can be sen in the background of this picture. I am thinking now maybe it was near Tai Tam Valley as there is a similar canal stucture in one photo I saw on Gwulo. I am hoping someone may have a better idea of where this was taken.

Tennis

Submitted by seemex on Wed, 2014-05-28 04:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918

I saw some other photos of tennis courts and was wondering if anyone can identify this location. I'm not possitive that it's Hong Kong, because the family had intersts in Malaya and also moved to Shanghai around 1919. The thatched buildings may give a clue

Queens Road West Building Query

Submitted by whitto on Thu, 2014-04-10 19:56
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Does anyone know the details for the building at the end of Queens Rd West

Daibutsu

Submitted by lolau on Wed, 2014-04-02 23:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
Daibutsu [????-????]

Peak Tram - Plantation Road / Barker Road Station

Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2014-02-15 16:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
Plantation Road / Barker Road Station, Peak Tram [????- ]
Image ID 27284
Title A station and Peak Tramway, Hong Kong
Collection Other collections
Location Hong Kong

Barker Road

Submitted by annelisec on Sun, 2014-02-09 13:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
Peak Tram [1888- ]
The Belvedere, Plantation Road (2nd generation) [????-????]
Fung Shui - 1st generation [1880-1941]
Abergeldie - 1st Generation [1891-1936]

Stereo card from US Library of Congress titled:

12053-Some of the Beautiful Terrace Homes, Hong Kong, China

This is looking along Barker Road back toward Victoria Peak, right, and High West, center.

Can you help identify the houses ?

1912 Christmas Card

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-12-22 15:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

Read more about this at: 

http://gwulo.com/1912-farewell-to-the-chinese-queue

Marine Lot 111

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Sun, 2013-12-15 20:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 111 [????- ]

The attached may help muddy waters further when it comes to Marine Lot 122! It refers of the application for a licence to process human hair.

Incidentally the granting of the licence to a Mr Lowe is interesting. At the time I believe he headed HK's largest accountancy firm. Subsequently one of his employees - John Fleming - an amazing man - was involved in the running Warren and Co Ltd after the death of Charles Warren.

Wanchai Road Numbers 2

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2013-12-12 23:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 122 [????- ]

This is a scan of my great grandfather's death certificate. If you look closely he is shown to have died at 98B Wanchai Road.

Taken with the other document I have posted it would seem what nearly a century ago both A and B were places where both my great grandmother and my great grandfather laid their heads. 

I fail to see what difference a rent role would show and David has done a huge amount of research on where the site now is. 

Wanchai road numbers 1

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2013-12-12 23:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 122 [????- ]

This  is a scan of my great grandmother's death certificate. If you look  closely you will see she died at 161 Wanchai Road as is attested by my great grandfather whose address is shown as 98A Wanchai Road.

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