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21. Photo 337/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(8)
Title:
Further destruction near the Aberdeen Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Joins with print 7 to form a panoramic view of the dock. 'This view shows more especially the damage to the head of Aberdeen Dock. The houses and other property on shore are also seen to have fared very badly. All that was left, on the morning of the typhoon, of some of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 337/2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(33)
Title:
Effects of the typhoon at Pack Sun, near Macao. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'Pack Sun is about four miles from Macao. The typhoon was felt with great severity in this neighbourhood. Large vessels were driven ashore, trees uprooted, paddy fields destroyed, native houses blown down; the place indeed presenting, after the storm, a scene of utter c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 337/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(44)
Title:
Destructions at East Point, 22nd September 1874 [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking along foreshore towards damaged houses. Subjects = disasters; typhoons
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 337/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(15)
Title:
The Flag-Staff at Victoria Peak [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View from the peak, with the flagstaff in the foreground and the city of Victoria in the distance below. 'Victoria Peak is on the north-west of the island of Hong Kong, and is 1800 feet above sea level. Commanding an extensive view, it permits of an excellent look-out f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 337/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(7)
Title:
Damage to the village of Aberdeen and Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Showing a portion of the Aberdeen Dock. This view joins with print 8 to form a panorama. 'The village of Aberdeen, ahown in the above sketch, is pleasantly situated on the south side of the island of Hong Kong. Near to it is a very fine dock, belonging to the Hong Kong ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 337/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(9)
Title:
A third view of the destruction at Aberdeen Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'The building, the ruins of which are here represented, was a workshop, and used in connection with the dock. The typhoon left it indeed but a ruin, the whole roof and parts of the wall being gone. The sketches depicting the effect of the storm near this spot show at a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 337/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(2)
Title:
Destruction of Douglas Lapraik's Wharf [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'One of the finest wharves in Hong Kong was that of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Co., stretching from the Praya Central. The above sketch shows its appearance after the Typhoon. It was broken by drifting steamers. Beyond the wharf may be seen the masts of sunken vessels....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 337/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(4)
Title:
Another view of the shipping disasters [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This sketch, taken from the Praya Central, gives another view of the shipping disasters already exhibited. The partly sunken steamers and the damaged barque, the destroyed wharf of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co., and the part demolition of the massive stone wharf re...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 337/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(5)
Title:
Destruction of property on the Praya [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This view represents the part of the Praya to the west, near the premises of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The typhoon seemed peculiarly destructive in this neiighbourhood. A large portion of the Praya wall was washed down, and the coping stones...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 337/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(13)
Title:
Effects of the typhoon at West Point, Hong Kong. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking towards the sea. 'The western part of the city of Victoria, shown in the above sketch, consists chiefly of native houses. The destruction here was very great. Houses were unroofed, or their walls blown down; whilst in several cases they were levelled to the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item