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Hennessy Road 1933

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2022-01-23 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933

Source: NavalHistoryandHeritageComand NH 72697

1964 WC Spring Garden Lane

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-12-29 22:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1964
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春園街 Spring Garden Lane, Hong Kong, c1920

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-12-29 22:03

Text on Flickr:

from the book  "A Selective Collection of Hong Kong Historic Postcards".

Notice the lamp post on the left, with a hanging box to collect dead rats, due to an outbreak of plague.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920
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rat bin

Spring Garden Lane [c.1859- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-12-29 21:38

Note: There is already a place for Spring Garden Lane - Sampan Street [????- ]

Named after: Possibly meaning "water spring" which refers to a creek beside Hopewell Centre in Queen's Road East.

Details: 

Spring Garden Lane is a short street in Wanchai between Johnston Road and Kennedy Road, it is only 370 m long. It runs southwards from Johnston Road, after about 70 m it turns to southwest. The road which runs straight ahead is Sam Pan (Sampan) Street.

1956 Wanchai streetscene

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-12-22 00:55

Probably the Junction of Fenwick Street and Hennessy Road. 

Sun Hing Tailor at 38 Hennessy Road, and SHUN HING CYCLE CO., LTD. (“Triumph”) 25 Johnston Road (see here) Likely the cycle strore was at the junction of Fenwick Street and Johnston Road (the latter should be visible in the back).

"HK public vehicle owners' association" was the predessor of the HONG KONG TAXI OWNERS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED 香港的士商會有限公司

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956
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Fenwick Street
traffic pagoda

Hua Nan Motors 1949

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2021-12-06 19:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Cropped from Late 1940s Wanchai waterfront air.

Shows Hua Nan Motors at 42-46 Gloucester Road.

Southorn Playground 1949

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-12-05 22:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Cropped from Late 1940s Wanchai waterfront air

On the left of the playground is Violet Peel Health Clinic [1935-c.1989]. At the bend of Johnston Road should be The Pawn.

Others to be identified.

Kennedy Road Houses 1949 annotated

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-12-05 19:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Cropped from Late 1940s Wanchai waterfront air

This photo shows the following houses along Kennedy Road (to my best knowledge):

Late 1940s Wanchai waterfront air

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-12-05 19:27

Aerial photo from the late 1940s.

At the waterfront on the extreme right side appears Hua Nan [Motors]. According to industrialhistoryhk, Hua Nan Motors were founded in 1947, so the photo is definitely post-war. Very prominent on the waterfront is Luk Kwok Hotel.

For Kennedy Road Houses see this enlargement, for buildings around Southorn Playground here..

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

Ocean Bar,Wanchai

Submitted by eurasian_david on Wed, 2021-12-01 05:46

Ocean Bar 88-92 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
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