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National City Bank of New York

A large number of Forman's photos were taken near here, either inside or just outside the bank. [View photos]

The gorup taken inside show a group of American women signing various documents at the bank's counter. The mood among the group is light-hearted, you can see they are enjoying their moment of fame in front of Forman's camera. But there's another, sadder tale unfolding at the same time the photos were taken.

Moddsey relates the story:

British Military Hospital ER-I

Hi,

I went to revisit the old british military hospital, as for the longest time in my mind i remembered seeing ER-I on all the drain pipes.  I knew what ERII meant, but not ERI.  As i looked today again, I confirmed all the pipes did have ER-I on them.

Does anyone know what ER-I stands for?

Cheers

Danny

American Express Office

There's a group of Forman's photos that were taken in or just outside the American Express office. [View photos]

As this 1956 Time Magazine article about American Express traveler's cheques says, "U.S. tourists eagerly bought the checks".

Flickr

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Some reminders first:

Who's the lady in the black & white shoes?

And why did Harrison Forman give her special treatment?

Lady in the black and white shoes

ARP tunnels: numbering systems

Several of the Harrison Forman photos show ARP tunnels under construction. On some (eg this one), it is possible to see a number above the entrance. Here's what I think the different numbers mean.

First there are the Site Numbers. I believe these were the original numbers used, assigned to each construction site where tunnels were dug. Guessing again, I'd say they were given out in the order that sites were decided upon, so earlier sites have lower numbers.

Unsolved mysteries

Readers often leave questions, most of which get answered quickly. But there are always a few that are more difficult to answer.

Here are some of the most stubborn - please can you help answer any of them?

Cataloguing the Harrison Forman photos

After creating 'Image (external) records for each of the photos, work through them to identify:

Date photo taken.

I'm using the 'earliest possible date' as the rule for these. eg:

A catalogue of Hong Kong's history

Shall we build one?

We've made a good start: batgung.com already has 900+ places, 1,800+ photos, and several thousand notes and comments. But recently I've been thinking about how we can keep it growing and improving, and would like to hear your ideas and feedback.

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