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marlowe
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 23:10
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House on Magazine Gap

House at the top of Magazine Gap 1947 - from Life Magazine

Date picture taken
1947
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1940s Hong Kong
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Bowen Road British Military Hospital [1907- ]
HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984]
Big Chimney, Naval Dockyard [c.1906-1960]
Supreme Court Building / former Legislative Council Building [1910- ]
HK Cricket Club pitch (1st location) [1851-1975]
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A colourised version of this photo can be found here: Old HK in Colour | Colourised an old photo of Hong Kong (c.1947-03) [Version 2.0] Source 1: LIFE Magazine Source 2: Google Earth #OldHKinColour #HongKong... | Instagram

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