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1. Photo 337/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2
Title:
Album of views of the Hong Kong and Macao Typhoon of 1874. Photographer(s): Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Green and maroon half-leather bound album (binding weak, spine piece and front cover detached) measuring 308x408mm. Prints, generally in good condition, are mounted on recto one to a page with descriptive letterpress captions pasted beneath. A letterpress sheet entitled 'The Typhoon of September...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1874
Extent:
47 items

2. Photo 337/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(10)
Title:
The 'Alaska' ashore at Aberdeen [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Bow view, slightly distant, looking along the foreshore towards the grounded vessel. 'The 'Alaska', shown above, was a paddle-wheel vessel of about 4,000 tons, belonging to the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company. She had been taken round to Aberdeen to be docked. On the ni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 337/2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(35)
Title:
Panorama of Macao, - From Penha Hill. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panorama composed of two joined prints, with the Praya Grande at the right. 'This sketch, taken from Penha Hill, and looking to the Praya Grande and Town, shows very effectively the position and chief features of this Portuguese city. Its situation is picturesque, and t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 337/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(21)
Title:
Destruction of a bungalow at Pokfoolum [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Looking down onto a completely collapsed bungalow at Pok Fulam, with the sea beyond. 'Pokfoolum is a village on the south-west of the island of Hong Kong. The above sketch represents the ruins of a bungalow which had been erected there; the typhoon nearly levelled it to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 337/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(26)
Title:
Panorama of Macao from San Januario Hospital. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of two joined prints. 'This view, taken from San Januario Hospital, on one of the hills, gives a panorama of the greater part of the city of Macao, as it appeared after the typhoon. Whilst many of the residences and buildings, especially on the P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 337/2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(28)
Title:
Tea hongs destroyed by fire at Macao. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Looking over the gutted tea warehouses towards the harbour. 'The fire which occured at Macao during the typhoon, and added so greatly to the horrors of that night, is supposed to have originated among the tea-hongs represented in the above sketch. Whether the fire was a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 337/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(32)
Title:
View from Lapa, - Looking towards Macao. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The over-turned junk in the water, the half-sunken boats floating about, and the junkss and boats ashore, some mere wrecks - here sketched - are further indications of the severity and destructiveness of the typhoon. Many dead bodies, washed up by the waves, or recovere...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 337/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(18)
Title:
[View of the Peak, Victoria, Hong Kong.] Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 337/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(36)
Title:
Preparations for floating the 'Alaska' [Aberdeen, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the paddle steamer Alaska, taken from the same viewpoint as print 11, and showing re-floating wotk in progress. 'This view exhibits the means by which the Alaska was got off. Five large pontoons, to which were attached heavy wooden supports, were placed on each ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1874
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 337/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(12)
Title:
Yow-Mah-Tee after the typhoon [Kowloon, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'The above is a sketch of Yow-mah-tee, a native village under British jurisdiction, situate on the Kowloon peninsula, the extremity of the mainland of China. It is separated from Hong Kong only by the harbour. Many sampans went over to here for better security, and a fl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item