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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

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

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860
Places shown in this photo: 

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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