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victoria hostel, front door

Submitted by clackmannan on Tue, 2020-05-19 03:11

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

1995

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Postcard Hong Kong; Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Mon, 2020-05-04 14:02

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou (Canton), Tianjin (Tientsin), Rotterdam and London. At the start of the company, in 1903, Willem Kien started to work for HCHC in Shanghai, later becoming director. In 1921 he left China and became director at the Rotterdam head office.

This photo is from a folder of ca. 1910 Hong Kong postcards by M. Sternberg.

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

1910

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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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1930s Kowloon wharf

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2020-01-03 01:39

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

1930

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Kowloon Wharf

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Kowloon Wharves 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-01-02 16:42

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

1948

Cropped from Kowloon Peninsula 1948

The pointer shows the entry to Star Ferry as seen here. <Read more ...>

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1954 TST Kowloon Wharf

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-01-02 16:22

shows godowns 25 and 49. <Read more ...>

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

1954

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Kowloon Wharf

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1926 Kowloon Wharf 4

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-01-02 16:10

Shows godown 48. <Read more ...>

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

1926

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Kowloon Wharf

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Kowloon (1) WRF.jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2019-11-01 07:11

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

1928

This photo shows the skyline of the previous photo and may help to locate it. Both photos are from the 1928-1929 album of William Richmond Fell while he was commanding HM Submarine L3 on the China Station. <Read more ...>

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Kowloon (2) WRF .jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2019-11-01 07:07

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

1928

I've just tagged this "Kowloon" like the title of the photo, as I don't quite know what it is. It obviously intrigued William Richmond Fell, on shore leave from HM Submarine L3. Another photo of same to follow. <Read more ...>