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SCMP Headquarters during the 1906 typhoon

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-06-06 23:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906

Heavy weather, the matshed above Blake Pier has already vanished.

The piers are Blake Pier, P&O Pier, Douglas Steamship Wharf and Pottinger Street Pier. 

Wanchai 1870

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2021-04-19 20:34
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1870

Source

From the book by William Perry Fogg, published in Cleveland/Ohio in 1872. This photo was not printed but affixed as separate photo (the website refers "Albumen photographs"). Totally unclear why the author chose this one as "typical Hong Kong". The date should be 1870 or even older.

It shows early Wanchai with shipyards and the Blue Buildings to the right. Very similar to this one, but not the same:

1937 typhoon - An Lee

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2021-04-05 16:41

Chinese steamer "An Lee"

The An Lee could not withstand the typhoon, it bounced into the British cruiser HMS SUFFOLK and destroyers DUCHESS and DIAMOND, and finally ended stern-first on the praya wall.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937
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1966 Central waterfront and Peak

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-03-17 22:05

China Insurance Group Building under construction.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966
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1960 central waterfront

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-03-17 18:40

From right:

189, Des Voeux Road Central

The Sun Company, Limited (the slim building)

Sincere Department Store

a couple of unassigned slim houses

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960
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Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Town of Victoria, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2020-03-20 16:05

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1880
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Panorama 1887-1895

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2019-09-20 00:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895

Comparison of parts of two panorama views from

1887 (probably older) 

1895 

I can identify only two buildings on both photos, big changes in just ten years (possibily a bit more).

Hong Kong Panorama from Kowloon 1870's

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-08-28 20:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1879

Cropped from https://gwulo.com/atom/25853 (or actually from the original files from the UK National Archives on Flickr. There are four separate sheets starting here.)

It is amazing what high-resolution photos were made in the 1870's.

I have annotated this photo and identified some buildings. However, I'm not 100% sure, and many buildings are unknown to. 

Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Central Praya, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:40

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1870
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