Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1924
Photo courtesy of Henry Ching:
This photo is of one of the planes (piloted by Capt. McLaren) that took part in the British attempt at a world flight, again in 1924, which was not successful – presumably taken in HK, but I’m not sure. <Read more ...>
This photo was taken at Stonecutters in 1924 and shows the arrival in HK of the American world flight – the first successful round the world flight. <Read more ...>
This photo is of the laying of the foundation stone for St. John’s Cathedral Hall in about 1924. My father ((Harry Ching)) is leaning on the platform at the right of the photo. <Read more ...>
Where: As the postcard says, we're looking across Statue Square towards the original Prince's Building (the building on the left).
Who: The only living person in the photo is outnumbered by the statues that gave the square its name.
Over on the left is the grand cupola that was in the centre of the square, and housed a statue of Queen Victoria [1]. The cupola is long gone but you can still see the statue, now living in Victoria Park [2].
Another statue is this one of King Edward VII, standing on a simpler plinth: <Read more ...>
Submitted by anonymous-01 on Mon, 2013-04-01 22:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1923
Here are four other pictures.
The first is another view of the beach. The picture of the bungalow by itself says on the back in her handwriting: "Back view of our bungalow. You can see they have just started to build the kitchens on each side of the steps."
My aunt is pictured on those steps with one of her dogs on the third picture. <Read more ...>
