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Hotz s'Jacob & Co trade registration, Hong Kong Government Gazette, 1899, The Snake Brand

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-05-17 14:16

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Holland-China Trading Company was founded in 1903. One of the founders was Mr. Hotz, whose Hotz 's Jacob and Company was already selling products in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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

1899

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Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Town of Victoria, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2020-03-20 16:05

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930). <Read more ...>

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

1880

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Holland-China Trading Company: Hong Kong Government Gazette trade registration, 1917

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-24 15:24

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

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

1917

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Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Pokfulam Water Reservoir, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-05-28 12:37

Charles' employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930). <Read more ...>

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

1870

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Holland China Trading Company (HCHC) in Hong Kong, 1926

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-26 14:43

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked at Holland-China Trading Company in 1939. Twenty years earlier, Bob de Vries' father worked for HCHC in Hong Kong. This photo shows the Hong Kong office staff in 1926.

Original caption reads: "Hong Kong 1926 - - Staff of the newly formed Holland China Trading Co. Note the flag of the recently established Nationalist government." <Read more ...>

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

1926

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Hotz collection: Mandarin's Wife, by Lai Fong, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:41

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

1870

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Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Central Praya, ca. 1870

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-12 04:40

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) employer, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), was founded by several people, including Albert Hotz, through Hotz, s'Jacob & Co (Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz, born in Rotterdam in 1855, died in Italy in 1930). <Read more ...>

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

1870