(Upper) Tai Ping Shan District demolished after the 1894-outbreak. The exact year of the upper photo is yet to be found out. Can only narrow down to: c.1895 (according to A Century of HK Roads and Streets), pre-1905 (opening of Blake Garden), c.1901 (American Board Mission Building certainly came into existence).
Purple: American Board Mission Building
Blue: Tank Lane
Green: U Lam Terrace (to-be-constructed) and Rozario Street
Yellow: upper section of Market Street (later renamed as Po Hing Fong)
English: Title: Street scene; shop of "Pun Lun, Photographer" in foreground
Physical description: 1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes: Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).; Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971.<Read more ...>
