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Kowloon ca. 1879

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-09-18 22:34

Part of the panorama from 1879, actually one sheet (of four) of the panaorama posted by the National Archives UK on Flickr.

The path/road on the left, an early evidence of Nathan Road?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1879
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Mody Road [c.1887- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2019-08-20 21:52

Named after: Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, a businessman and supporter of the Hong Kong University

Originally a road between Nathan and Chatham Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, later extended east to todays Science Museum Road.

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1959 TST 碧仙桃路 Bristol Ave

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2019-08-16 20:07

On the right are Mirador Mansions under construction. At the end of the road is Melbourne Hotel. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1959
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kowloon dockyard 1945

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2019-08-13 04:17
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

From the ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

Description:

HMS OXFORDSHIRE AT HONG KONG TO COLLECT POW'S. SEPTEMBER 1945.

HM Hospital ship OXFORDSHIRE alongside the jetty at Hong Kong harbour. Prisoners of war and internees were taken home in her.
 

 

Gascoigne Road [1904- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2019-07-21 01:42

Named after: 

William Julius Gascoigne, Commander British Troops in China and Hong Kong from 1898–1903 (source)

Details: 

Gascoigne Road is a street in Kowloon from Nathan Road to Chatham Road South. It has a length of about one kilometre.

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HURLEY(1897)_p172_Map_of_the_KOWLOON_ESTATE_Property

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-06-26 15:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1897

By This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library.View in BL GeoreferencerView image on FlickrView all images from bookView catalogue entry for book., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37357813

Round Up Room, Miramar Hotel

Submitted by brianac37 on Wed, 2019-06-19 10:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957

Cover for photograph that was taken at The Round Up Room at the Miramar Hotel in Kowloon.

Round Up Room, Miramar Hotel

Submitted by brianac37 on Wed, 2019-06-19 10:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957

Four of us (servicemen) from Gun Club Hill Barracks, at the Round up Room in the Miramar Hotel, Kowloon

Round Up Room, MiramarHotel

Submitted by brianac37 on Wed, 2019-06-19 10:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1957

The bill for 4 Double Screwdrivers, at the Round up Room, in the Miramar Hotel, Kowloon.

De Jongh family residence, 2 Chatham Road, Hong Kong; Kowloon Signal Hill, 1930

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-06-18 13:17

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.
 

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1930
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