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Repulse Bay 1919

Submitted by 80sKid on Wed, 2010-12-22 23:07
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1919
Places shown in this photo: 
The Repulse Bay Hotel [1920-1982]
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Repulse Bay Hotel under construction

Submitted by 80sKid on Wed, 2010-12-22 23:05
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the drainage tunnel on left is still there

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1919
Places shown in this photo: 
The Repulse Bay Hotel [1920-1982]
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c.1920 Dragon boat racing off North Point (?)

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-12-14 09:00

What: It's dragon boat racing time of year, and the focus of the photo is the two dragon boats in the foreground.

Who: Foreign dragon-boat teams are a recent invention, so the people in these dragon boats are Chinese. Unfortunately the photo isn't sharp enough to show whether or not the rowers still wear their hair in the queue style. That would have helped pinpoint the date.

If you look carefully, about half-way along each boat is a man standing up, dressed in white. They're the

1918. Happy Valley racecourse

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2010-12-10 16:52
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Shortly before the fire in the grandstands.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
Places shown in this photo: 
Happy Valley Racecourse [1846- ]
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1918. Fire at Happy Valley racecourse

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2010-12-10 16:51
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
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Happy Valley Racecourse [1846- ]
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Happy Valley Graves

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Wed, 2010-09-01 17:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918

This is a fairly recent picture of the grave of Jons Jakobsson aka John Olson. I have an original in the family archives. This is in Section 16B in Grave 8284. His wife Ching Ah Fung is buried nearby in Grave 8119. John died in 1918 and his wife died in 1915. I have archive pictures and a fairly recent picture of Ching Ah Fung's grave which says: In Loving Memory of Ellen Olson  who died 20th October 1915 aged 61  years.

John also buried two brothers Anders and Olaf in the Happy Valley Cemetery.

1918 Kowloon Star Ferry Piers

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2010-07-30 02:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
Places shown in this photo: 
Star Ferry Terminal, TST (previous generation) [1907-c.1957]

1910s Yau Ma Ti Station

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:48
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Looking south.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
Yau Ma Ti / Mong Kok / Mong Kok East Railway Station [????- ]
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1912: Farewell to the Queue

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-06-15 21:25

These photos (and their titles!) have an unlikely source - they come from The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry's Christmas cards, 1912.

Why would a British infantryman be sending photos of Chinese gentlemen to his family and friends?

c.1910 North Point

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2010-06-13 21:34
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Here's view of the tram line you don't see any more - green hills to the right, and beach to the left! Can anyone identify any of the (few) landmarks shown to give an exact position?

Also, do you know when the tram line was extended past Causeway Bay, to narrow down the date? The HK Tramways website just says:

1903: The construction of a single-track system began and it ran from Kennedy Town to Causeway Bay. The route was later extended to Shau Kei Wan.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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