Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.
In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today]. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1947
Received as is. Assume the location is where the Dairy Farm Shopping Centre on the Peak is located as seen here
1946 Dairy Farm Annual Report (China Mail 27 June 1947 refers)
The Peak Garage premises were acquired from the Hong Kong Land Investment Agency & Co. Ltd in February 1946 and following rehabilitation were re-opened on 1 June 1947. <Read more ...>
