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Views and social life in Hong Kong.

Catalogue reference: Photo 905

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Photo 905
Title
Views and social life in Hong Kong.
Date
1890s-1900s
Description

Modern postcards from early photographs, published in sets of ten by the City Museum & Art Gallery, Hong Kong. (1) Sung Wong Toi Rock, 1920; (2) Des Voeux Road, looking west, about 1880; (3) Two girls with bound feet and their maid in the Botanic Garden, 1890; (4) Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay, 1870; (5) Chinese soldiers near Hong Kong border, about 1900; (6) Dent's Fountain and Beaconsfield Arcade, 1880; (7) Queen's Road, about 1880; (8) Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon City, 1930; (9) Pedder Street, looking south in 1870; (10) Inside Kowloon City, 1930; (11) Des Voeux Road, looking east, about 1870; (12) Queen's Road Central, looking west, 1870; (13) The old City Hall, 1870; (14) Kowloon City, about 1900; (15) Lin Fa Kung, Tai Hang, 1870; (16) Streetside seal carvers, 1880; (17) The Viceroy of Canton arriving in Hong Kong, 1907; (18) Children in Pottinger Street at New Year, about 1900; (19) The racecourse at Happy Valley with Wong Nei Chong village in the background, 1865; (20) Fruit and vegetable trading in D'Aguilar Street, 1870. Process = Postcards. Photographers = Unknown.,;.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mr A. J. Farrington (OIOC), January 1994. OIOC does not hold copyright for these images.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 149 mm x 104 mm.
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Views and social life in Hong Kong.