Gallery: 1930s Hong Kong

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Gallery:

Title	Year
3-9 Queen's Road Central	c.1930
Hong Kong, granite formation	1931
Hong Kong, waterway with ship in background	1931
Shek Tong Tsui Terminus 石塘咀(屈地街) 1930s	1930s
1932 City Of Vic, Kennedy Town New Praya	1932
The Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory, Ltd.- Hong Kong Sunday Herald 26 July 1936	1936
Houses at Des Voeux Road West 1938	1938
1936 Factory of Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory Ltd on Praya, Kennedy Town	1936
1936 Western Street Godowns	1936
Scene of chaos (Hong Kong Telegraph September 2, 1937)	1937
Hong Kong Telegraph September 2, 1937 Typhoon Story Coverage	1937
1937 Typhoon - Damage to Factory of Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory Ltd on Praya, Kennedy Town	1937
Shek Tong Tsui collage 1920s/1930s	1920s
Damaged godown of the China Provident Loan & Mortgage Co	1937
1938 streets at Connaught Road in Sai Ying Pun	1938
George Stopani Thomson - left - and others on a swimming trip in Hong Kong	1930s
Tramway Station Peak - postcard	1930s
Queen's Road Central - postcard	1930s
Barker Road Hong Kong - postcard	1930s
1939 KCR Train Bend at Mui Shue Hang Gap, Tai Po	1939
1930s KCR Train Approaching Fanling Station	1930s
1930s Kowloon City Police Station	1930s
Members of the Executive Council c.1939	c.1939
Block 52, Lyemun Barrack Pump House Door Markings	2017
Block 52, Lyemun Barrack Pump House - Rear	2017
Block 52, Lyemun Barrack Pump House - Front	2017
HSBC Foundation Stone 1934	1934
Sir William Peel	1930s
1938 Central British School's Lion Magazine	1938
Peak Tram track layout (three-rail system)	1930s
Kai Tack Motor Bus Co. depot at Kai Tak bund-1936	1936
Canal Road latrine PWR 1930 and 1931	1931
1937 Junction of Fenwick Street and Lockhart Road	1937
1937 Typhoon - House Damage	1937
1930s Cheung Chau	1930s
1930s Whitty Street Tram Terminus (1st Location)	1930s
Walvick cottage NKIL 166 in isolation before the RAF's intrusion	1934
Canton-Kowloon Railway-Flying Dragon Express Train	1935
1934 Aerial Photograph Barker Road houses	1934
Houses on Barker Road (1938)	1938
1935 Peking Road	1935
RAF flying boats Kai Tak photocopy 002	1934
RAF flying boats Kai Tak photocopy 001	1934
1930 Opening of the Airlie Hotel	1930
1930s Junction of Nathan and Lock/Haiphong Roads	1930s
Ming Yuen Studio 1934	1934
Ming Yuen Studio 1935	1935
1930s Hennessy Road	1930s
Local Combined Camp for Boy Scouts near Lion Rock 1939	1939
5th Hong Kong (St John's Cathedral) Troop 21 January 1940	1940
1932 Quarry Bay School's Spring Festival	1932
UK-Croydon airport- DH86 Dorado first survey flight to Hong Kong	1935
Dorado first scheduled arrival group photo	1936
1933 Notice -The Star Ferry Taxicab Company: Discontinuation of Chit System	1933
1930 The Star Taxicab Company - Commencement of Taxi Service.	1930
1930 Advertisement - The Star Taxicab Company	1930
1930s Junction of Des Voeux Road Central and Pedder Street	1930s
1930s Driveway to RAF Kai Tak Officers' Mess	1935
1935 Main Entrance to RAF Officers' Mess, Kai Tak - Badge of the Royal Air Force	1935
1935 British Klemm Eagle 2 Monoplane at Kai Tak	1935
1938 Eurasia Junkers Ju-52	1938
1935 Advertisement for Courses in Engineering & Flying - Far East Flying Training School	1935
1933 Visit made to Kai Tak Aerodrome & Hangar	1933
1933 Talk by Hugh Braga - Kai Tak's First Steel Aeroplane Hangar	1933
Aberdeen Technical School 1935	c.1935
1930s Wanchai Road near Wanchai Market	1930s
1930s Aberdeen Harbour	1930s
1933 Katherine Building	1933
1938 Statue of Sir Arthur Kennedy	1938
1934 European House #5, Cheung Chau	1934
1936 Vacation Bungalow "Sunnyside", Cheung Chau	1936
elegant Robinson Road	c.1937
1934 Cheung Chau	1934
1936 Kwun Yam Wan (Afternoon Beach)	1936
1930s Hankow Road	1930s
1933 Hunter's Arms, Fanling	1933
1930s Kowloon Tong	1930s
1930s Junction of Cameron and Carnarvon Roads	1930s
1930s Cameron Road	1930s
1930s European House #10	1930s
1932 Cape D'Aguilar (Hok Tsui Wan)	1932
1930s Junction of D'Aguilar and Wellington Streets	1930s
1939 Advertisement for Humber Cars on Braga Circuit, Kadoorie Hill	1939
1934 Decision to Remove Trees on Nathan Road	1934
1930 Spring Festival at Quarry Bay School	1930
1930s Cheung Chau (Southeast Coast)	1930s
1930s Hong Kong University Student Hostels and Staff Quarters	1930s
1930 Des Voeux Rd Central	1930
1930s Queen's Road Central	1930s
1930s Des Voeux Central, near Wing On	1930s
1930s Fenwick Street	1930s
HB Beer advert 1935	1935
Barker Road/Plantation Road Station, Peak Tramway, Hong Kong	1933
A girl standing on Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong	1933
A fountain with frog figures at the Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong	1933
1930s Junction of QRC and Cochrane Street	c.1932
War memorial, Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong	1930s
1930s Cox's Road & Kowloon Cricket Club Pitch	1930s
Coronation Week Celebration for King George VI in May 1937	1937
1930s Chinese Methodist Church	1930s

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