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Language Not applicable Subject Religious Buildings Name Lai Afong, 1840-1900

1. Photo 1224/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(4)
Title:
Hong Kong. City Hall, Cathedral and Cricket Ground. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Hong Kong was visited by the compiler of this album 3-8 March 1879. View looking across the cricket ground towards City Hall and St. John's Cathedral.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/3(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(43)
Title:
Canton. Shamean [Shamian]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. With contemporary descriptive letterpress label: 'Canton. No. 416.- View of Shameen- the Foreign Settlement. The Large Building was formerly used as a Hall of Commerce, but is now in the occupation of Messrs....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(44)
Title:
Interior of Joss House [Canton]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. With contemporary descriptive letterpress label: 'No. 50-Mars, Boreas, &c. The truculent fellow on the one side is the God of war; on the other we have the God of wind. These figures must not be taken as r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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