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Everything tagged "topee"

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1891

1911 Royal Engineers Detachment, Mount Davis

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1911

Gwulo Photo ID: A169

This photo appears in Gwulo's Talk #3.

Topees

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937

Photo taken on beach at Kowloon Bay in summer of 1937. I am wearing a topee, and beside me are my sisters Julia and Margaret. A large building under construction in the background might be the China Light & Power generating station.

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

This photo from the Warren family collection has no legend. It would be the same era as the photo of Veronica Walker's birthday party in the 1930s. The children may be other Broadwood Road children or from one of the schools. The windows of the house aren't the same as those of The Towers and the stonework isn't the same as Quarry Bay School. Is there a clue in the older boy's socks? Are they school uniform socks? The shoes may also help to date the picture. The children have borrowed their parents' pith helmets for the photo.

Topees, Summer 1931

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1931

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ride, from her private collection:

I was looking at your site about Topees, and thought you might like to see the attached photo:  'Topees, Summer 1931'.  The strap across the brim was originally a chin-strap.  The button on top was only decorative I think, but may have had a function on the original topees. 

Topee

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

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Men

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

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Topee

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1936

Detail cropped from this photo.

TST transport

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

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