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Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2022-03-11 07:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

North Point aerial photograph 1949

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2022-03-10 01:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Aerial photograph from 1949-05-08, the 1940s reclamation area doesn't have too many roads and houses.

I first looked for this photo for the pier at the end of Tong Shui Road which is visible there west of the nullah..

There are more interesting detail to be detected:

The building bottom left in the bend of Kong's Road is the HEC quarters - Semi-detached building on land bounded by Electric Rd / Tin Chong St / King's Road [????-c.1959]

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Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2022-03-04 23:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Argyle Street camp-interned Chinese Soldiers

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2022-03-03 15:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941

Stubbs Road near Magazine Gap 1941

Submitted by gw on Tue, 2022-02-22 13:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941

see comments at https://gwulo.com/node/57368.

Site of King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2022-02-12 19:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

Cropped from 1948 Kowloon Peninsula

Shows the site of the King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) - or whats left after the Japanese occupation.

Wikipedia refers that the park was partly destroyed and used as a refuse dump. In 1948 it looks as if the site has been cleared already. Only a pavilion and a small building survived the war.

Private Geoffrey Clayton Jitts of the HKVDC - 1946 Article and Medals

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2022-01-21 11:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Posted on behalf of a fellow contributor.

Hung Hom Police Station 1945_49

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2022-01-12 22:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Aerial view of the area where the first Hung Hom Police Station should be.

The one from 1945 was taken from a flying height of 20.000 feet, therefore the resolution is pretty poor. The one from 1949 was taken at 8.000 feet, it's much clearer.

1949 aerial view of Green Island Cement Company

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2022-01-09 00:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Cropped from 1949 aereal view of hunghom.jpg

Shows the arial ropeway at the Green Island Cement Company. It ends near Ma Tau Wai Road (inside the red circle).

map 1945 Kwo Lo Wan

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2022-01-08 20:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Excerpt from the 1945 map on Gwulo. Shows the overhead ropeway at Green Island Cement Works.

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