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Tea room Rocamadour, Rickmansworth, 1957

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2020-10-22 00:32

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 ...>

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1957

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Tea room Rocamadour, Rickmansworth, 1957

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2020-10-22 00:30

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):

1957

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1954 Queen's Road Central

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2013-11-24 20:03

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

1954

Places shown in this photo:

Edinburgh House [1950-c.1980]

Bank of China Building / Central House / Kai Ming Building [1921-1980]

Marina House [1935-1980]

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1953 Canton Road

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2013-11-24 19:27

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Canton Road near Peking Road. The slope and road in the distance is the access road to the Marine (Water) Police Headquarters. <Read more ...>

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1953

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View from Shamrock Kowloon

Submitted by David on Sat, 2010-08-21 17:01

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You'll want to click through to Flickr for the original-size version of this - there's lots to see.

In the distance are the black, circular oil tanks, with breakwater beyond that. It looks as though there is a landing craft passing by, a little distance out to sea.

Right from that is the Jordan Road ferry terminal, with lots of buses parked outside it. <Read more ...>

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

1953

Places shown in this photo:

Jordan Road ferry pier #1 [1932-????]

Site of former Hong Kong & China Gas, Jordan Road Gas Works [????-c.1956]

Liberty Theatre [1949-1997]

Shamrock Hotel [1952- ]

Former Site of Royal Navy Fuel Depot [????- ]

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View From Kai Tak

Submitted by 80sKid on Fri, 2010-08-20 09:16

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thanks to hksparky for pointing these photos out... This is an unusual view - I'm wondering if it's from Stonecutters. You can see Lion Rock on the right <Read more ...>

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

1953

Places shown in this photo:

Green Island Cement Works, Hung Hom [1898-????]

Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]

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