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3 Hong Kong Xmas 1949.jpg

Submitted by TimHK on Sat, 2018-05-05 02:01

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

1949

Victoria Club Christmas Party invitation 1949. <Read more ...>

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4 Hong Kong Xmas 2.jpg

Submitted by TimHK on Sat, 2018-05-05 02:01

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

1949

Christmas Party 1949. Three-year-old me is the boy, front right, in the white shorts & shoes - no doubt beautifully turned out by the amah. <Read more ...>

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Stanley Internees on the voyage home

Submitted by Conner Hackett on Fri, 2018-04-27 14:34

The photo shows the internees from Stanley Camp on their journey away from Hong Kong in September 1945.

I must apologise for the poor quality of the photo but it is in its 73rd year and has deteriorated somewhat as it has aged. Also it is in semi darkness, possibly early morning, when visibility was not at its best. <Read more ...>

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Christening Invitation 21st Apr 1940

Submitted by gjks on Fri, 2018-04-20 10:53

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Christening

Submitted by gjks on Fri, 2018-04-20 10:53

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

1940

Tai hang 1945

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-04-03 22:17

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

1945

Cropped from 1945 Racecourse

Shows (from right to left) Tiger Balm Garden Pagoda, the platform above Tai Hang Road (empty at the place where Grandview Mansions will be built in 1955), and the platform below Tai Hang Road (=mystery building).

On top of the latter one, a house stands on the upper section of the round structure. <Read more ...>