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211. Photo 1116/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(11)
Title:
The great rain storm, Hong Kong, May 1889. Street scene after the storm. 27.44 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. Of this 11.90 ins fell in 4 hours. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Street scene showing roadway covered with debris, with a line of sandbags in the foreground. [Albumen print, 271x202mm]. Subjects = floods; storms
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1889
Extent:
1 item

212. Photo 1116/2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(60)
Title:
Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy 1898 [caption on print reads: 'Dendrocalamus Giganteus (Giant Bamboo) 114']. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of one of the massive stands of bamoos beside the Mahaweli Ganga in the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. This is a photograph dating from the 1880s by Charles T. Scowen, whose stock was taken over by the Colombo Apothecaries Company in the 1890s. [Albumen print, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

213. Photo 1116/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(20)
Title:
Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Cargo boats and launch 'Dakin' ashore, north end of Yau-ma-ti. Tank of Kowloon Waterworks in foreground. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events [Printing-out paper, 162x115mm]. Subjects = storms; typhoons
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1894
Extent:
1 item

214. Photo 1116/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(19)
Title:
Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. House fronts blown out (Queen's Rd. west). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of a row of damaged houses, their brick facades largely collapsed. [Printing-out paper, 161x111mm]. Subjects = storms; typhoons
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1894
Extent:
1 item

215. Photo 1116/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(40)
Title:
Canton. Temple of Heaven. No. 222. The side view of the Temple of Heaven, being one of the principal temples of the city, and it is said that when one of the old Emperors went to visit Canton he made this place his residence. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple buildings. [Albumen print, 289x214mm]. Subjects = Chinese architecture; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

216. Photo 1116/3(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/3(7)
Title:
H. late B.M. [Britannic Majesty] Qn. Victoria [statue at Hong Kong]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of Queen Victoria statue and canopy. Subjects = European sculpture; sculpture; statues
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

217. Photo 1116/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(3)
Title:
Hong Kong, house at the Peak, 7 Des Voeux Villas, 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography European group with Chinese servants posed on the vernadah of 7 Des Voeux Villas. The three Europeans are identified as D. Wood, L. Gibbs, C.H. Gale. [Albumen print, 278x213mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

218. Photo 1116/2(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(42)
Title:
Tai Mo Shan (abt. 3500 ft), 26 Dec 1891. L. Gibbs, E.M. Hazeland, J.L. Prosser, D. Wood, L. Barff, C.H. Gale. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Snapshot portrait, with sitters as identified in caption. [Printing-out paper, 101x71mm]. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
26 Dec 1891
Extent:
1 item

219. Photo 1116/2(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(38)
Title:
Public Works Department Staff, Hong Kong, April 1897. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Public Works Department staff. The sitters are identified as follows: G. Mollison, J. Ross, Li Sang, Dougherty, Carroll, T.M. Xavier, E.M. Hazeland, A.H. Hollingsworth, W. Chathan, Hon. T.A. Cooper (Director of Public Works), J.R. Crook, R.T. Drury,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1897
Extent:
1 item