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Identification?

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2010-10-14 23:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920

This is a picture of my great aunt Ethel and is I think taken at 13 Broadwood Road judging by other pictures I have of her.

I wonder can anybody tell me by the way he is dressed whether the man with her is a servant or friend?

Thanks

Beach for Europeans

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2010-10-14 23:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925
Places shown in this photo: 
Afternoon beach / Kwun Yam beach [????- ]

Came across this picture among some family pictures. On the back is written "One corner of the beach only for Europeans on the other side is one for the Chinese".

The handwriting is my great aunt's and I would date the picture to the early to mid 1920s.

Does it ring a bell with anyone and could she have been right?

Tennis in Hong Kong

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2010-10-14 23:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920

Tennis in HK seems to have been popular. This picture was taken at either The Towers on Broadwood Road, which I think had two courts, or perhaps more likely 13 Broadwood Road which was the home of my great uncle Charles pictured here second from left, and his wife Ethel also pictured here. The boy in the middle is Reginald Warren and I think the year would have been about 1920. I cannot identify the two men.

1920s Hong Kong Hotel

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2010-10-09 07:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928
Places shown in this photo: 
Hongkong Hotel - Queen's Road at Pedder Street [1868-1952]

1923 Crashed trams on Arsenal Street

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-10-07 13:32

What caused the accident?

Something has ripped the roof off the right tram, and its driver's window is smashed (you can see what's left of the roof lying on the ground to the right). The canvas cover from the left tram is nowhere in sight, and the roof and conductor arm on the middle tram are bent out of shape. But what caused all the damage?

1920s Water Shortage

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2010-10-06 04:58
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

1920s Lyndhurst Terrace and Wellington St

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2010-10-03 11:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

1920s Ladder St

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2010-09-19 11:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928
Places shown in this photo: 
Chinese YMCA - 51 Bridges Street [1918- ]
Ladder Street [????- ]
American Board Mission - Congregational Church [????-????]

Queens Road Central near D'Aguilar Street 1924

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-09-13 17:42
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Queens Road Central [1842- ]

Not too sure about this caption as a building is across the end of the street. IDJ

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