This image is found on the Library of Congress website. It shows a police station in Hong Kong. (More details here: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98507446)
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1903
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Those gateposts again
We've seen these gateposts before. In 2007 a reader sent in photos showing them in the grounds of Ruttonjee Hospital. If that's roughly their original location, the 1903 photo above was taken somewhere in Wanchai.
Regards, David
Re: Gateposts
Appears that the coronet gateposts were located at the entrance to the Royal Naval Hospital on Queen's Road East. See:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61422138@N04/6181504432/
The title "Police Station" may not be correct as by 1903 the No. 2 Police Station in Wanchai would have already been located at Praya East.
Lord Chief Justice House - Wanchai
David
The link above has a good overview of the Seamans Hospital, and what I imagine to be the original Lord Chief Justice House in the background - now located on the peak.
Rgds
Julian