Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.
In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today]. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2020
This is an identical Canon Super 8 cine camera as used by Chinarai in 1966 to film the Lok Ma Chau Lookout Point overlooking Hong Kong's border at Lok ma Chau. To read about this see the FORUM TOPIC HERE<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1966
During the 1960s-1970s tourists and other visitors to the Lok Na Chau Viewing Point would invariably be met by a Hakka man and an entourage of his grandchildren. But beware if you took a photograph …. you can read why on this Forum Topic HERE )<Read more ...>
