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Subject Colonial Architecture Place Hong Kong, China Level [40] File

1. 10057.f.14(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(2)
Title:
Government House [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 2. Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, with Government House and garden on the left and the town of Victoria and harbour and shipping beyond on the right. The photograph was presumably taken around the time of Prince Alfred's visit to H...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

2. 10057.f.14(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(3)
Title:
Queen's Road [Hong Kong], (prepared for illuminations). Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 5. View looking along the street, with houses bedecked with paper lanterns in honour of the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item

3. 10057.f.14(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(5)
Title:
Hongkong facing the harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 11. View looking along the Victoria waterfront, presumably around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, with British commercial premises lining the quayside and sampans and other craft moored at the jetties.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

4. 10057.f.14(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(7)
Title:
The City Hall [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Thomson' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Facing p. 21. View of City Hall from the lawn in front of the building, presumably photographed around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Hong Kong. The City Hall was the location for a ball held in Princ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1188(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(2)
Title:
Looking across the bay to Kowloon and mainland from Bowen Road, above Hong Kong. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Buildings visible in this view include the Union Church (bottom left), the Cable House (left, along the harbour) and the St. John's Protestant Church (right of the tree, along the harbour).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1297(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1297(75)
Title:
Public buildings and residence section from Statue Square [looking towards the Post Office and Custom House], Victoria, Hong Kong, China. Photographer: Keystone View Company
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920-1930
Extent:
1 item