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Victoria Hotel Auction Hong Kong Daily Press page 1 24th July 1894.png

Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2020-10-09 20:16
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1894

1896 Brick carrier

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2020-09-29 15:55

Bricks were delivered to the seafront by boat, then carried inland by men using shoulder-poles and these carriers.

Detail cropped from page 31 of the new Volume 4 of Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell. The book will be available in November 2020.

Harbour and Kowloon 1890s

Submitted by Mui Wo on Wed, 2020-09-02 03:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895

Hong_Kong,_Entrance_to_the_port_by_Lai_Afong_c1890s.

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2020-08-12 23:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1897

From Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

On the very left bottom side the old Naval Yard with the tower is visible, right hand the pier in front of Wellington Battery.

Although predictable, it can clearly be seen that the old Naval Yard was directly at the waterfront-

Stonecutter's Island in the distance.

Update: the date was set to about 1897 (see StephenD's comment below).

Gap Rock Lighthouse

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-07-25 17:20

Catalog Number : CO 1069-450-63

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1897
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Wanchai View 1880s

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-06-30 23:56

Originally from the National Archives  Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/447.

This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.

Shows probably the 1.000 foot Pier.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1885
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Hotz s'Jacob & Co trade registration, Hong Kong Government Gazette, 1899, The Snake Brand

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-05-17 14:16

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Holland-China Trading Company was founded in 1903. One of the founders was Mr. Hotz, whose Hotz 's Jacob and Company was already selling products in Hong Kong.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
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Ho Mun Tin watercourses in 1896

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2020-05-11 10:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1896

See https://gwulo.com/node/49661 for details

Map of Hung Hom in 1896

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2020-05-11 09:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1896

Detail cropped from the 1896 map at https://gwulo.com/node/40904

Map of Ho Mun Tin in 1896

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-05-10 17:16
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1896

Detail cropped from the 1896 map at https://gwulo.com/node/40904

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