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To Kwa Wan Aerial Photograph 1963

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2021-09-21 03:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1963

Cropped from KaiTak Plan 1963.

The photos shows that To Kwa Wan Island is about to lose its island status due to reclamation.

Also visible are the two gas works and the Kowloon City Pier. The Vehicular Ferry Pier seems to be under construction.

KaiTak Plan 1963

Submitted by jamesho on Fri, 2021-09-17 15:50

永樂戲院 photo.png

Submitted by simtang on Fri, 2021-09-17 11:50

1946 Central & Mid-Levels

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2021-08-19 00:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
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aerial photographs

Mei Foo aerial view 1970.jpg

Submitted by tkjho on Wed, 2021-06-23 05:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970

1963.2-HK-Maps-Lai-Chi-Kok-Aerial-views.jpg

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2021-06-20 14:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1963

Annotated copy of aerial photo from HKmaps.com, ref: 1963.2

See https://gwulo.com/comment/59596#comment-59596 for explanation of the annotations.

1947.1-HK-Maps-Lai-Chi-Kok-Aerial-views.jpg

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2021-06-20 14:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Annotated copy of aerial photo from HKmaps.com, ref: 1947.1

See https://gwulo.com/comment/59596#comment-59596 for explanation of the annotations.

Tsim Sha Tsui from the east mid-1970s

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2021-05-18 20:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

From Wikimedia Commons

Aerial view from the eastern side, mid 1970s. In the distance, Tsing Yi Power Station can be spotted.

Tsim_Sha_Tsui,_Hong_Kong mid-1970s

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2021-05-18 16:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

From Wikimedia Commons

Likely a postcard from the second half of the 1970s. Holt's Wharf was already demolished to make way for the New World Centre.

Shek Tong Tsui Godowns (1950s) and map (1905)

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-05-12 22:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Photo cropped from Aerial of Sai Ying Pun 1950s, the map from 1905 in on Gwulo.

Along Connaught Road (after 1900s reclamation), godowns were built in Sai Ying Pun and Shek Tong Tsui (the border between the two districts is a bit east of the "o" in Connaught on the map). 

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