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11 Praya East

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2017-05-06 11:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/28130

13 Praya East

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2017-05-06 11:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/28130

14 Praya East

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2017-05-06 11:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/28130

15-22 Praya East

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2017-05-06 11:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/28130

Wanchai's seafront in 1902

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2017-05-06 11:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1902

Gwulo photo ID: NDA02

For the story behind this photo, please see https://gwulo.com/node/37732

1904 Bowrington Canal

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2017-04-30 18:16

Caption under imade: Hong Kong Tramway. View of the Power-house looking South taken from the West side of the Canal. May 1904

(The image is originally from the UK National Archives).

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1904
Tags: 
power station
Hong Kong Tramways
canal
wanchai

Hale's_Tours_of_the_World.jpg

Submitted by christoph on Sat, 2017-04-29 16:36

This picture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale%27s_Tours_of_the_World#/media/File:Hale%27s_Tours_of_the_World.jpg) shows the Hale's Tours of the World. "Hale's Tours of the World were an attraction at amusement parks and similar venues in the early 20th Century.

Sham Shui Po Lines of Sight to East

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 2017-04-13 21:05

Estimated lines of sight of a photograph taken from Sham Shui Po.  The date of the photo is an estimate.  See https://gwulo.com/atom/27967 for the photo taken from Sham Shui Po.

Source: uwants.com 

Sham Shui Po, looking to the east

Submitted by OldTimer on Thu, 2017-04-13 09:17

Greetings.  This is one, may I suggest, nostalgic and romantic landscape of the old Kowloon.  The person who posted this photo on the internet did an amazing job in determining the vantage point to scan the distant hills.  The inundated area on the right must be the current Mong Kok district.  Under sea water, or after a heavy rain storm?  The farms and tranquility, oh, how this land has changed!

Here are the author's notes translated from Chinese corresponding to the letters on the photo:

Hongkong - View of the Peak Tramway 1906

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2017-04-10 20:28

Text on Flickr: Hongkong. View of the Peak Tramway. The postcard was posted from Hongkong to England in 1906.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1906
Tags: 
postcard
photos

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