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Everything tagged "1940s Hong Kong"

Elva Jo Nelson Paget on beach

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The Peak 1949

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

HK Liberation 30 Aug 1945

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

From Imperial War Museum. REf: IWM A30542

Pagoda napkin.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2018

This napkin, featuring a pagoda, was part of a set bought by my mother in 1949 - perhaps from Whiteaway & Laidlaw on HK Island. I was 2 years old at the time. Despite recent downsizings, the napkin has survived as a treasured memory.

Can anyone identify this street on Hong Kong island?

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

This is a picture of a Hong Kong street in the 1940s that I found many years ago. I no longer have a link to it.  I believe it was in the public domain then.

Can anyone put a name to it?

HK Island Pillbox Map

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

1946 View from Midlevels

This photo is the same as Naval Dockyard & Kowloon-1949, but with much higher resolution. 

Regarding the looted house, a 1946 date is probably more appropriate than 1949. 

Below the boat pool/camber, a few Nissen huts are visible, but much less compared to the 1950's.

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

Happy Valley 1947

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Cropped from here

Barker Road 1946

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

Cropped from 1946 Japanese War Memorial

A bit poor in quality, but the main features are visible. From right to left:

Richmond House has already been demolished, Altadena, Cragside, and even Victoria Hospital still standing.

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