The typhoon of 20 August 1927 brought down the HK and Kowloon Taxicab Company's Garage on Salisbury Road near the KCR Terminus. About 20 cars and half a dozen motor cycles were in the garage at the time of the disaster.Extensive damage was caused. HK Telegraph 22 August 1927 refers. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1920
I believe this was taken on the rooftop terrace of 145 Caine Road (formerly 73 Caine Road). If so, what are the buildings in the background? <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1920
Does anyone recognize this place? I am assuming it is in Hong Kong and I can place it in the 1920s due to the movie posters. It was taken about 1925. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1929
The captain of ss Hung On (what a name !) was my grandfather A.A.Laihovetsky, whose daughter Zena was the first non-British child admitted to CBS when Sir Reginald Stubbs was Governor, as a stateless ex-Russian.
