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Kowloon ferry

the ferry's name is Night Star.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Star Ferry Electric Star 1954

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1954

Electric Star

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

The attached appeared in a 1930s UK book serialisation "Shipping Wonders of the World" published by The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London.

Victoria harbour 16 June '46.jpeg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Victoria Harbour and Central from Star Ferry (1980)

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980

Taken from the Star Ferry Pier TST or from a ferry just after leaving the pier. Despite the opening of the cross-harbour tunnel in 1972, car ferries still operate.

1986 - Star Ferry

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1986

1986 - helicopter view of Star Ferry

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1986

Taken on helicopter tour of Hong Kong

Star Ferry buses-1923

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1923

Image clipped from gwulo.com/atom/25093

An interesting selection of bus styles.

Bus on the left-rear step entrance-rear windows + destination box

Bus-centre-wide rear entrance to seating-rolled canvas wet weather protection for entrance and seating, also for rear window aperture.

Bus-on the right-full open side access to bench? seating-plus full length rolled canvas wet weather protection tucked under roof-line

 

Star Ferry, Kowloon, 1920s

Update after comments (see below):

Exact date cannot be determined, but earliest 1925. Date amended from 1923 to 1925.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

1949 Kowloon Star Ferry

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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