olson brothers

This photo was developed from a group of old family negatives inherited by Leslie Warren and taken to Canada by his wife, Cicely. The negatives were given to Evelyn Lewis's son Brian when he was compiling the history of the Warren family. The young men were identified by Geoffrey and Diana Warren as John and Charles Olson. I hesitate to say which is which, but later photos show John to have been slimmer than Charles. The location seems to be the terrace of John Olson's house at 13 Broadwood Road, which is also the location of other family photos. This is the earliest photo of John Olson that I have seen and I wouldn't put it later than 1915-1916 when he and  his wife Annie first moved into 13 Broadwood Road. Fewer photos of John Olson in Hong Kong seem to have survived than of his younger brother, Charles. For comparison, the following photo of John and Annie (on the left) with Charles and his wife Ethel and friends would have been taken about six years later.