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Everything tagged "1940s Hong Kong"

Pedder Street

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Caption reads:

Toward Star Ferry.

Double Domes

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

There are two white double domes in this images. Towards the right. IDJ

Hong Kong harbour 1944 or 45

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Probably a US Air Force surveillance image as a sequence code appears top left and there is very little activity in the harbour. IDJ

Homantin Street Kowloon 1946

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Following on the street below left and up Homantin Hill Road, just around the bend and above the photographer was the building used as RAF Homantin. IDJ

Luna Park ride

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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Luna Park-Big Wheel

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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Luna Park attractions

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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Luna Park entrance-North Point

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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The large American cars are very striking. They seem to have been very popular at this time. IDJ

RAF HOMANTIN bus

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

This 'Bus' with the signboard RAF Homantin on the bumper highlights yet another obscure RAF establishment in Hong Kong. I think this location was a mansion block on the middle slope of Homantin Hill Road that when I lived above it in the 1970s housed RAF families. But what was its purpose at the time this picture was taken that required a dedicated bus service? IDJ

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