Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2021
This is the Kut Hing maker's mark from the base of the pewter cocktail shaker, salvaged as a Hong Kong keepsake when my family returned to England in 1938. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2021
With regard to David's post on teaching history and the comment that students love guessing what objects were used for, I thought I would upload this photo of a Kut Hing pewter cocktail shaker made in Swatow and which my uncle's wife thought it worth salvaging as a keepsake of her life in Hong Kong when she left for England with her children in 1938. The cocktail shaker has disappeared from domestic use nowadays. I've tentatively dated this one as from the 1920s. There are several antique Kut Hing cocktail shakers on the market with different dragon designs. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1927
Sam Tack Road adjoins the nullah. The New Kowloon Cinema is at bottom left. The original photo and other scenes of Kai Tak can be viewed here on flickr<Read more ...>
The name of the pier can be read, the name of the company is a bit difficult. However, I think it reads: Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company. <Read more ...>
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