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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1116 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1116

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116
Title:
Crofton Collection: Photographs of Hong Kong, China Ceylon and Zanzibar.
Scope & Content:
Collection of four albums of views (Photo 1116/1-4), compiled by Richard Hayes Crofton, who served in the Colonial Civil Service in Hong Kong and Zanzibar; transferred from Mss Eur F440
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1930s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 1116/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1
Title:
Crofton Collection: Hongkong and Canton 1880-1890. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and red buckram bound album, measuring 415x302mm, stamped 'Hongkong and Canton 1880-1890' in gold on front cover, containing 68 albumen prints of views in Hong Kong and Canton. A few of the views towards the end of the album date from after 1890 and were probably added after the bul...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
68 items

3. Photo 1116/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(1)
Title:
City of Victoria - Hong Kong. Looking over man-of-war anchorage, abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the harbour towards the city and Peak. Handwritten notes on the album page identify the following landmarks: Victoria Gap Cable Tramway Terminus, Victoria Peak and Signal Station, Head Quarter House, Cathedral, Government House. [Albumen print, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1116/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(2)
Title:
City of Victoria, Hong Kong. From the Harbour. Abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of waterfront from the harbour. Handwritten notes on the album page identify the following landmarks: Victoria Gap, Victoria Peak, Glenely Ravine, Victoria Hotel. [Abumen print, 267x202mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; harbours; hotels
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1116/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(3)
Title:
Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon peninsula seen from the hillside behind the city of Victoria. Abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the city of Victoria, with the harnour beyond and Kowloon in the distance. Handwritten notes on the album page identify the following landmarks: Cosmopolitan Docks, Kowloon peninsula, Hong Kong Docks, Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hong Kong and Sh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1116/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(4)
Title:
Hong Kong Harbour looking north. Abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from Victoria looking towards shipping at anchore in the harbour. Handwritten notes on the album page identify the following landmarks: Stone Cutters Island, City Hall, Tai Mo Shan Hill. [Albumen print, 267x211mm]. Subjects = harbours; shipping
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1116/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(5)
Title:
Street scene, Victoria, Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along an unidentified street lined with Chinese shops. [Albumen print, 267x206mm]. Subjects = street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1116/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(6)
Title:
City of Victoria, Hong Kong. Abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the cricket ground towards the Cathedral, Butterfield and Swire's offices and City Hall (swathed in scaffolding), with Government House on the hillside behind (very distant). A sketch map on the album page identifies the relative location of thes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1116/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(7)
Title:
Hong Kong. View from Victoria Peak looking out. Abt. 1890. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the signal station looking down towards Causeway Bay. [Albumen print, 269x204mm]. Subjects = signal stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1116/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(8)
Title:
Peak District, Hong Kong. Probably taken abt. 1885. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Peak, showing the layout of roads and houses. Handwritten notes on the album page identify the following landmarks: Commodore's Cabin (flagstaff), Plantation Road, the Homestead, road to Pokfulam, Treverlyn. [Albumen print, 270x219mm]. Sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 item