Admin Mon, 09/22/2014 - 20:04 prevnextoldernewer received by email Date picture taken 1953 Tags tram QE2 coronation Gallery 1950s Hong Kong Shows place(s) Old Bank of China Building [1951- ] HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984] Prince's Building (1st generation) [1904-1962] Supreme Court Building / former Legislative Council Building [1910- ] Bank of Canton [1924-c.1966] Temporary buildings in Statue Square [1941-1957] Bank of East Asia Building (2nd Generation) [1935-1980] National Commercial & Savings Bank Building / Kwok Man House [1933-????] Log in or register to post comments Comments 1910s Des Voeux Road Central near Banks, City Hall & Court Log in or register to post comments 1953? Can we date this photo to 1953, as the decorations on the Legco building look similar to the QE2 coronation decorations in this photo: Log in or register to post comments Re: 1953 Yes, the photo can be dated to 1953. The video of the QEII coronation march past through Des Voeux Rd Central from the Michael Rogge collection confirms the scene shown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9sQK__Ux4&feature=related Log in or register to post comments BEA? Is the building with the pointy tower above the left tram the Bank of East Asia Building? Regards, David Log in or register to post comments re: BEA yep Log in or register to post comments re: BEA Thanks, I've made a new place for it, and added it to the list above. Log in or register to post comments
1953? Can we date this photo to 1953, as the decorations on the Legco building look similar to the QE2 coronation decorations in this photo: Log in or register to post comments
Re: 1953 Yes, the photo can be dated to 1953. The video of the QEII coronation march past through Des Voeux Rd Central from the Michael Rogge collection confirms the scene shown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9sQK__Ux4&feature=related Log in or register to post comments
BEA? Is the building with the pointy tower above the left tram the Bank of East Asia Building? Regards, David Log in or register to post comments
re: BEA Thanks, I've made a new place for it, and added it to the list above. Log in or register to post comments
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1910s Des Voeux Road Central near Banks, City Hall & Court
1953?
Can we date this photo to 1953, as the decorations on the Legco building look similar to the QE2 coronation decorations in this photo:
Re: 1953
Yes, the photo can be dated to 1953. The video of the QEII coronation march past through Des Voeux Rd Central from the Michael Rogge collection confirms the scene shown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9sQK__Ux4&feature=related
BEA?
Is the building with the pointy tower above the left tram the Bank of East Asia Building?
Regards, David
re: BEA
yep
re: BEA
Thanks, I've made a new place for it, and added it to the list above.