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Kai Tak Map 1947

Submitted by 80sKid on Sun, 2010-09-26 22:39
Image (external): 
Binary Data 2092617203

from China Mail

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]
Image Galleries: 
Kai Tak airport
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1856 Map - Detail - Sai Ying Poon

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-09-23 11:45
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1856
Places shown in this photo: 
West Point Burial Ground - Chinese Cemetery - Sai Ying Poon [1843-????]

Hong Kong Cemetery Map

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-09-21 21:58
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010
Places shown in this photo: 
Hong Kong Cemetery [????- ]
Hong Kong Cemetery Chapel [1845- ]

This is the map you're given if you visit the office in the cemetery (marked with a red box on the map).

You can download a copy to print out from:

http://gwulo.com/sites/gwulo.com/files/images/gwulo-hk-cemetery356.jpg

1924 Map of Central & Western

Submitted by David on Fri, 2010-08-27 10:52

May 2016 update: This 1924 paper map is now available as an overlay on the main map. Please see:

http://gwulo.com/map-of-places#14/22.2832/114.1440/Map_by_ESRI-1924_HK-M...

Here's a detailed, zoomable, scrollable, clickable map of Hong Kong from 1924, showing Central to Kennedy Town:

Map of Tai Tam Bay

Submitted by indieorientalis on Tue, 2010-08-24 15:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1893
Places shown in this photo: 
Tai Tam Bay [????- ]
Stanley Bay [????- ]
North beacon / obelisk [????- ]
South beacon / obelisk [????- ]

Map of Tai Tam Bay, From a British Survey 1893, re-issued by USNHO 1944

1924 Map of Kowloon

Submitted by David on Sun, 2010-07-11 15:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1924
Places shown in this photo: 
Cox's Path Government Quarters (Lower) [1914-1950]
Chater Bungalow [????-????]
Hong Kong Observatory [????- ]
Gun Club Hill Barracks [????- ]
Kowloon Park - former site of Whitfield Barracks [????- ]

1924 map of Kowloon, scale: 8 inches to one mile.

Reproduced in plate 4-4 of the 'Mapping Hong Kong' book.

1945 Map of Kulangsu

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-05-27 21:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Cropped from this larger map of the area.

1945 Map of Amoy

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2010-05-25 17:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1944

Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

A US Army map, "compiled in 1945 from aerial photography dated 1944."

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