Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1928
Today I would like to share a view of the Signal Hill in Tsim Sha Tsui back in 1928 which was taken by sailors of HMS Suffolk in its mission in Asia. The description below marked "Entering Hong Kong Harbour". But it is easily to guess it is the Signal Hill view from the water.
When we look in detail, we can also see the Holt's Wharf clearly and on the back it is the Peninsula Hotel. <Read more ...>
I think the buildings, 5 in total, are on Austin Avenue. The 1913 PWD Report under heading no. 139 gives No. 1-5 Aimai Villas as being on Austin Avenue. KIL 1172 is given. The triangular junction on the right is where Austin Avenue meets up with Kimberley Road.<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1929
Thanks to moddsey for alerting me to this 1929 ad in the Hong Kong Telegraph for my family's company. It chimes in with the 1912 one uploaded by IDJ titled "monumentalists." I'm still not sure if the monumental masonry yard and the tile factory were at the same address. According to Jason Wordie's article, C.E. Warren & Co plaques on gravestones in countries outside Hong Kong are simply marked "Causeway Bay". <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1929
This photo labelled "Peak Tram" is from the 1928-1929 album of Lt-Cdr WR Fell. I think Klaus is right that the three views of Hong Kong by WRF that I uploaded earlier, were taken from the Peak Tram and that this photo belongs in the same sequence during a single visit to the Peak. <Read more ...>
