I'd put this on the home page because this kind of panorama is, so far, unique on Gwulo ! So, HF, you are the buyer from eBay :) It is very kind of you to put such a high quality scan on Gwulo.
I am very interested in the part of TST especially where the Hong Kong Observatory and Marine Police Base were. Is it possible for you to blow up these parts?
A blow-up from the current image (below) can reveal the 1883 Building of the Hong Kong Observatory (upper right) and the Time Ball Tower (lower middle) at the Marine Police Station vaguely. The Knutsford Terrace was not built yet. These corroborate the date of 1886.
A higher resolution image of TST will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much for this, which could reveal a bit more around the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), especially the little structure (appearing in white) west of the HKO 1883 Building, which may be the circular structure shown at: http://gwulo.com/node/13930.
If you have some other earlier photos of Kowloon, please let me know!
Thank you for posting this great image of early Victoria City. I am currently doing a reseach on HK early city transformation between 1845 to 1900 and I would like to ask you a favour for zooming in the area (inside red box) around Graham Street, Central Market and P&O co .? Would it be possible? Thank you in advance!
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Catholic Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral construction should help date the two photos.
Thanks HF, lots to see in
Thanks HF, lots to see in this one!
I'd put this on the home page
I'd put this on the home page because this kind of panorama is, so far, unique on Gwulo ! So, HF, you are the buyer from eBay :) It is very kind of you to put such a high quality scan on Gwulo.
welcome
I bought this from a dealer, not from the ebay, with much cheaper price:)
I have a few panorama, and this is the best among my collection.
Could the parts of TST be blown up?
Dear HF,
I am very interested in the part of TST especially where the Hong Kong Observatory and Marine Police Base were. Is it possible for you to blow up these parts?
Also do you sell re-prints of this panorama?
Best regards,
CM Shun
Blow-up of Harbour View 1886
A blow-up from the current image (below) can reveal the 1883 Building of the Hong Kong Observatory (upper right) and the Time Ball Tower (lower middle) at the Marine Police Station vaguely. The Knutsford Terrace was not built yet. These corroborate the date of 1886.
A higher resolution image of TST will be greatly appreciated!
CM Shun
blow up of harbour view
Hi, CM, I have enlarged TST for you. Have you found anything interesting? This is scanned by 600 x 600. So can't be better.
Thank you for the Harbour View blow-up
Dear HF,
Thank you very much for this, which could reveal a bit more around the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), especially the little structure (appearing in white) west of the HKO 1883 Building, which may be the circular structure shown at: http://gwulo.com/node/13930.
If you have some other earlier photos of Kowloon, please let me know!
CM
Kowloon photo
No more earlier TST. All my kowloon collection are related to To Kwa Wan & Kowloon city. Are you interested as well?
Early Kowloon
Many thanks HF... my current interest is in TST.
Best regards,
CM
Request for zoom in of image
Dear HF,
Thank you for posting this great image of early Victoria City. I am currently doing a reseach on HK early city transformation between 1845 to 1900 and I would like to ask you a favour for zooming in the area (inside red box) around Graham Street, Central Market and P&O co .? Would it be possible? Thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Bill