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Chrys Moller.jpg

Submitted by ronyanbu on Tue, 2017-08-08 02:17

Photo taken at the Moller Villa in Shanghai before WW II.

Nancy Moller de Boissezon.jpg

Submitted by ronyanbu on Tue, 2017-08-08 02:09

KGV class photo

Submitted by Irene on Mon, 2017-08-07 23:30

George Smirnoff c.1940

Submitted by Irene on Tue, 2017-08-01 18:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

1948 floating restaurant

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2017-07-26 21:34

Really a paradise?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948
Tags: 
Aberdeen Harbour
floating restaurant

1945 Ruin after the war (Queen's College)

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2017-07-26 01:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
Tags: 
college
School

Kai Tak airfield under Japanese control

Submitted by IDJ on Wed, 2017-07-12 02:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1944

While there are aerial images of Kai Tak Airport just before WW11 and just after, few aerial images with discernible detail of Kai Tak airfield during the Japanese occupation have surfaced so far. This one has been extracted from a well-known hi-resolution image taken during an air raid by the American 14th Air Force on 16 October 1944.

Defended Ports 1946 - Hong Kong

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2017-07-09 17:40

Text on Flickr: Fixed Artillery at Defended Ports Home and Abroad 1946 From NAA MP 498/1,2

This might help to identify guns and batteries.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
Tags: 
Coastal Defence
guns

Defended Ports 1946

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2017-07-09 17:36

Text on Flickr: 

Fixed Artillery at Defended Ports Home and Abroad 1946

From NAA MP 498/1,2

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
Tags: 
Coastal Defence
guns

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, March 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2017-07-07 20:16

Queen's Building to the exreme right. Behind a pillar there is the dome of Queen Victoria's Monument, probably without the statue.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948
Tags: 
bank
hsbc
Statue Square
queen victoria statue
Supreme Court

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