The staff of St Stephen’s Girls’ School, 1925

Stuart Braga
Tue, 06/06/2023 - 08:48
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The staff of St Stephen’s Girls’ School, 1925

The staff of St Stephen’s Girls’ School, 1925. The Headmistress, Miss E.M. Middleton-Smith, is supported by several prominent Chinese business leaders in traditional dress.
Jean Braga is standing, second from the left.

Date picture taken
1925
Gallery
Braga family's photos
Shows person / people
Jean Pauline BRAGA [1896-1987]
Edna Sabrina ATKINS [1886-c.1990]
Irene May BLANCHETT (aka Maysie) [c.1911-2007]

Comments

Dick Worrall identifies the lady in the light-coloured suit as Miss Edna Atkins, rather than Miss E.M. Middleton-Smith:

The photograph of the staff at St Stephen’s Girls School is the same one that features on page 180 of that wonderful book entitled ‘Old Hong Kong’  by Trea Wiltshire. The lady in the light coloured suit in the front row is actually Miss Edna Atkins who took over from Miss Middleton-Smith as Headmistress. The picture on the opposite page (181) shows the two of them together in the staff sitting room with Edna seated on the left. 

The complete photo appears in Change and Continuity: A History of St. Stephen's Girls' College, Hong Kong, 1906-1996 by Kathleen E. Barker. The book dates the photograph on Page 102 to 1931/32. See here

The same photo also appears in Hong Kong Memory here which dates the photo to 1926 or 1935 ? 

The names of the individuals in the photo are given in both links