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Alexandra Buildings - just after completion 1904

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1904

This photo is reproduced from the August,1904 edition of The Far Eastern Review. It shows the then just completed Alexandra Buildings, on the corner of Des Voeux Road and Chater Road. The accompanying report states that the building was tenanted by the following businesses and organizations:

G/F : A. S. Watsons  (Chemists); Messrs Powell & Co. & Goupp & Co. 

Alexandra Buildings - just after completion 1904

This photo is reproduced from the August,1904 edition of The Far Eastern Review. It shows the then just-completed Alexandra Buildings, on the corner of Des Voeux Road and Chater Road. The accompanying report states that the building was tenanted by the following businesses and organiizations:

G/F : A. S. Watsons  (Chemists); Messrs Powell & Co. & Goupp & Co. 

1911 Map Central.jpg

c.1911 Map of Central Hong Kong showing the triangular site that would become Alexandra House after the demolition of Royal Building and Alexandra Building

Alexandra Building, Hong Kong, 1909

Text on Flickr:

Alexandra Buildings Posted Hong Kong Nov. 1909

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

Des Voeux Road with Alexandra Building approx. 1920s

(Incorrect) Title on Flickr: "Nathan Road in the old day".

Moddsey identified this as Des Voeux Road with the Alexandra Building on the left with A. S. Watsons and HK Cigar Store. Probably 1920s

Date set to 1925 as Bank of Canton is on this image.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925
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