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College Gardens

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-04-11 17:44
Places shown in this photo: 
College Gardens [????- ]

Looking up Arbuthnot Road

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-04-11 17:44
Places shown in this photo: 
7, 9, 11 and 13 Arbuthnot Road [c.1846-c.1971]

Identified here: http://gwulo.com/comment/31424#comment-31424

1890s Kowloon TST Map.jpg

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2015-03-07 18:05
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895
Places shown in this photo: 
Police Station, TST [c.1865-c.1882]

Note the old road names, Macdonnell Road for Canton Road, Garden Road for Hankow Road and Chater Road for Peking Road and the pre-implementation of a separate kowloon inland/marine lot system.

The time ball tower at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station came into operation on 1 January 1885. In 1907 the time ball was moved to Signal Hill. Source: From Time ball to Atomic Clock by Anthony Dyson.

Wellington street

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-03-05 18:18

Queen's Road Central

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-03-05 18:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1890
Places shown in this photo: 
Building on western corner of Duddell Street / Queen's Road Central junction [1878-1919]

c.1896. Queen Victoria's Statue

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-03-05 18:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1896
Places shown in this photo: 
Queen Victoria's statue (original location) [1896-1944]

Wyndham Street

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-03-05 18:15

Queen's Road Central

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-03-05 18:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1890
Places shown in this photo: 
Building on western corner of Duddell Street / Queen's Road Central junction [1878-1919]

1890s Map of Central District

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2015-01-20 06:29

Image taken from page 60 of 'The Tourist's Guide to Hong Kong, with short trips to the Mainland of China by R. C. Hurley. Published in 1897.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895
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