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Canton Bazaar on the south side of the road opposite Fletche's' Godown.

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-06-02 15:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
Morgan & ? Bazaar [c.1841-c.1846]
Wellington Barracks / HMS Tamar [????-????]
Fletcher's Godown [????-????]
East Point - Jardine Matheson - ML52 [????- ]

A rare early photograph of Hong Kong showing the Canton Bazaar on the south side of the road opposite Fletchers' Godown. The Military Hospital and the harbour lies beyond

From Wikipedia:

Bungalow of French Admiral

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-06-02 15:34
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
North Side Arbuthnot Road [c.1846-c.1910]
Buxley Lodge (1st Generation) [c.1850-c.1875]
5 Chancery Lane [c.1850-c.1910]
8 Chancery Lane [c.1850-c.1910]
Dent's Bungalow - “Pagoda House” [1841-1861]
Unknown building between Wyndham Street and Arbuthnot Road [c.1850-????]
Victoria Prison [????- ]

View in Hong-Kong - Bungalow of French Admiral in Foreground 

I am unsure of the location but I think Garden Road is in the foreground. Does anyone know who the French Admiral was?

 

After further research I have worked out that this photo is of the Wyndham Street/Arbuthnot Road area taken from junction of Ice House Street/Lower Albert Road, roughly where the FCC is today. 

The following building can be seen:

Murray Barracks and Part of the Harbour

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-06-02 15:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
Murray House - Murray Barracks Officer's Mess [1846-1982]
Murray Barracks [c.1846-1962]

Inscribed in sepia ink verso, The Barracks and Part of the Harbour, Hong Kong.

University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collection

 

Original Print here. Courtesy of Wattis Fine Art: not for printed publication.

View towards the Peak from Central

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-06-02 15:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
Former French Mission Building, 1 Battery Path [1919- ]
Government House (1st generation) [1855-1942]
The Albany [1844-1935]
HSBC Manager's House and Sub-Manager's House - IL 580 [1861-1935]

View in Hong-Kong - The Episcopal Church - The Goverment Palace and Hurd & Co.'s American Mercantile House - The Plaza in Foreground 

Panorama of Hong Kong, taken from Happy Valley Beato and J Hentry Hering

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2016-05-27 14:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
Exchange Building / Court House (later Supreme Court) [1843-1921]
Headquarters House / Flagstaff House [1846- ]
Murray House - Murray Barracks Officer's Mess [1846-1982]
Murray Barracks [c.1846-1962]
Duddell's / Hunt & Co. / Jardine, Matheson & Co.- ML 100 [1855-1907]
North Barracks [c.1846-????]
Wellington Barracks / HMS Tamar [????-????]
St Francis Hospital (1st location) [????- ]
Eastern Market [????-????]
Hung Shing Temple, Wanchai [c.1847- ]
Spring Gardens (the 19th C. house) [????- ]
Seaman's Hospital [1843-1873]
Kuhlan Monument (1st location) [1855-1934]
Chief Justice's House [1844-????]
The Hospital of the Medical Missionary Society 傳道會醫院 [1843-1853]
Morrison Education Society School [1842-1849]
East Point - Jardine Matheson - ML52 [????- ]
Matheson's Bungalow - East Point Hill [????- ]
No 2 Building Jardine's East Point [????-????]
Chinese Houses/Warehouses on Leighton Road [????-????]
Former #1 Police Station, Leighton Road [1853-????]
Bowrington Old Bridge [????-????]
Happy Valley Racecourse [1846- ]
St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley [1848- ]
House at Broadwood/Link Road junction [????-????]
Mercer's House [c.1842-????]
Kellett Island [????- ]
Signal Hill Battery / Blackhead Fort [????- ]
First Wanchai Police Station [c.1840-c.1847]

Completing the Felice Beato Panoramas is this one taken from above Happy Valley, probably from the Police Station that existed there. The photo is also credited to J Hentry Hering

 

Key

 

A: unknown building, I think located around Caine and Aberdeen

B: St John’s Cathedral

C: Augustine Head (Beaconsfield)

Between C& D is headquarters house

D: Murray Barracks

E: George Duddell Building, Offices of Thomas Hunt and Co? later Jardines

F: North Barracks

View of First Arrival of Chinese Expeditionary Force taken from Kowloon

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2016-05-27 11:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
Kellett Island [????- ]
Duddell's / Hunt & Co. / Jardine, Matheson & Co.- ML 100 [1855-1907]
Morrison Hill [????-c.1965]
Old Chinese Village in Kowloon [????-????]
Government House (1st generation) [1855-1942]
Fort Victoria [????-c.1861]
Green Island [????- ]
Kau Yi Chau - Han's Island [????- ]
Stonecutters Island [????- ]

The Kowloon view of the Anglo-French fleet gathering to move on Beijing. 

 

There is another slide to this picture showing Hung Hom to the left.

 

Key:

A Kellet Island with Jardine Matherson’s East point compound behind

B Morrison Hill

C Signal Hill

D Chinese village in Kowloon – anyone know the name

E Government House

F Marine Police Headquarters Hill

G Green island

H Kau Yi Chau

I Stonecutters Island

 

View is opposite direction to this one:

Panorama of Hong Kong from Government House, showing the Fleet for North China Expedition

Submitted by Herostratus on Thu, 2016-05-26 19:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 
Chapel of the Conception / First Roman Catholic Cathedral [1843-1886]
Harbour Master's House /Pedder's Hill [1841-????]
Zetland Hall (1st generation) - "The Bungalow" - IL 34 & IL 31 [1853-1865]
Commercial Bank of India [c.1843-c.1866]
Central Market (1st generation) [c.1840-????]
Turner & Co [c.1843-????]
Bowra & Co [c.1843-????]
Royal engineers Office [c.1843-????]
Exchange Building / Court House (later Supreme Court) [1843-1921]
Hong Kong Club building (1st generation) - IL 16 [1846-????]
Post Office Building -Queens Road Central - 1st Generation [1846-c.1864]
Rustomjee & Co. / Keying House / The Parsee’s residence [1845-1868]
24 / 26 / 28 / 30 / 32 Queen's Road Central [1862-1920]
Crosby's Store / Lane Crawford (1st location) [????-1901]
Mercantile Bank of India [c.1882-????]
Russell & Co [????-????]
Harbourmaster's Office (1st Generation) [????-c.1868]
Wardley House/HSBC Headquarters Building (1st Generation) [1857-1882]
Murray Battery [c.1841-1947]
HK Cricket Club pitch (1st location) [1851-1975]
Former French Mission Building, 1 Battery Path [1919- ]
Royal Battery, Central [c.1846-c.1884]
Central Government Offices [1848-1955]
North Barracks [c.1846-????]
Murray House - Murray Barracks Officer's Mess [1846-1982]
Murray Barracks [c.1846-1962]
St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
Headquarters House / Flagstaff House [1846- ]
Scandal Point [????- ]
East Point - Jardine Matheson - ML52 [????- ]
Kellett Island [????- ]
Seaman's Hospital [1843-1873]
Officers Quarters & Bungalow [c.1843-????]
Kennedy's Horse Repository - Garden Road [????- ]
Telegraph Station [c.1860-????]
HSBC Manager's House and Sub-Manager's House - IL 580 [1861-1935]
Duddell's / Hunt & Co. / Jardine, Matheson & Co.- ML 100 [1855-1907]
Wellington Barracks / HMS Tamar [????-????]
Kellett Island [????- ]
Signal Hill Battery / Blackhead Fort [????- ]
Dent & Co. - Queen's Rd (1st location) [1841-????]
Victoria Buildings (North Building) [c.1860-1922]
Victoria Buildings (South Building) [c.1860-1924]

So much in this picture

The date is Thursday 1st March 1860 (can anyone tell the time from the shadow position of chimneys on Building F?) , all the ships and soldiers in the harbour are off to burn Beijing down to the ground because of interference in the European Opium  trade.... How many ships are there?

The Building key, corrections welcome.  

References mainly taken from the Map of A.F. Alves 1862

 

A Roman Catholic Cathedral – being reconstructed after a fire

 

B Wellington Street

 

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