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Kowloon Tong-development circa 1926

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2013-02-17 21:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1926
Places shown in this photo: 
Kowloon Tong [????- ]

"View of Kowloon Tong Garden City, The Railway To Canton and King Edward Avenue taken from the site of Diocesan Boys School."

Was King Edward Avenue ever placed on maps before it became the present Prince Edward Road? The row of houses in the middle distance are on Boundary Street. The KCR track is on the embankment on the left.

Thorpe Manor

Submitted by marlowe on Mon, 2012-12-17 13:14
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1927
Places shown in this photo: 
Thorpe Manor- IL 2139 [1921-1972]
#1 Chatham Path - Former "Chatham English School" [1927- ]
5 Magazine Gap Road [????-????]
9 Magazine Gap Road [????-????]

Thorpe Manor.
I believe the landslide was in 1926-27 based on other photos I have seen.

Alun

c.1924 Looking east from the Peak

Submitted by David on Sun, 2012-12-16 12:00

Where: The photographer is up on the Peak, looking east across Wanchai towards Causeway Bay.

What: The lower-left corner of the photo shows the

Thorpe Manor

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Thorpe Manor- IL 2139 [1921-1972]
#1 Chatham Path - Former "Chatham English School" [1927- ]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

East Point

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter (1st generation) [????- ]
Causeway Bay Breakwater (1st generation) [1884-????]
Causeway Road: The 'Causeway' in Causeway Bay [????- ]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

Happy Valley

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai [1873-1949]
Happy Valley Racecourse [1846- ]
Leighton Hill Government Quarters (1st generation) [1921-1941]
Morrison Hill [????-c.1965]
Wong Nai Chung Road Government Quarters [????- ]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

Barker Road

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
520-522 The Peak [c.1926-c.1942]
Victoria Hospital [1903-c.1947]
Cragside [????-1974]
Altadena [????-????]
Richmond House, Barker Road [????- ]
Martinhoe [????-????]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

Branksome Towers

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Branksome Towers [1918-1975]
Ava House [c.1913-c.1969]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

Victoria Barracks & surroundings

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-16 10:37
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
A. Block / Alexander Block [????- ]
B. Block / Birdwood Block [????-????]
C. Block / Cassels Block, Victoria Barracks / Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre [????- ]
Albany Filter Beds [1888-1954]

Detail cropped from larger photo: http://gwulo.com/node/14287

1926 Landslide

Submitted by David on Tue, 2012-11-20 16:00

What: Here's the note on the back of the photo:

Note on back of photo

"This is a water pumping station on which a 1,000 ton rock fell on."

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