An early aerial colour picture of Kowloon and Hung Hom circa 1949. Hong Kong United Dockyards to the right. Chatham Road Camp at the bottom. KCR locomotive servicing depot near the wing tip. IDJ
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1924
An overview of Hong Kong Island in November 1924. Directly below is what is now the Wah Fu estates area. In the far distance Kai Tak is still being reclaimed. The RAF aircraft involved in taking this image arrived and departed by one of the first Aircraft Carriers, HMS Pegasus. Not a conventional flat-deck carrier, but one where aircraft with floats were off loaded by a crane into the water. IDJ <Read more ...>
From the age of the Liner. At this time there were no air services to Hong Kong. This was another year away. The uppermost liner is moored close to where the Hong Kong-China Ferry Terminal is today. IDJ <Read more ...>
