Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). HCHC had offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin (Tianjin), Rotterdam and London. Director at the head office in Rotterdam was Willem Kien, who worked in Hong Kong and Shanghai for the firm. He made this photo.
These men look like they are taking a break to enjoy their food. The person with the large round hat could be a woman. Looking at the clothing and vegetation, it is probably spring or summer.
Courtesy Kien family archives
Source: This image came from Flickr, see https://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=46242067474
Date picture taken
1910s
Gallery
Shows person / people
Comments
Hat Wear
An observation. The wearing of caps was not popular in Hong Kong. Chinese hats, conical hats, western hats etc. were more common to see in old photographs.
A group of Chinese men having a break, Hong Kong, ca. 1910
Thank you for your observation moddsey. Other photographs from this period were made in Hong Kong, e.g. the following:
A 1909 dated photo of Braeside https://gwulo.com/atom/31833
A 1910 dated photo of British Military Hospital https://gwulo.com/atom/32500
As the men wear tails at the photo of the Chinese men having a break, this must be 1910 by the latest and that is why I thought it to be from the time he worked in Hong Kong.
It possible however, he made this photo during one of his travels along the China coast.
Hunting group ca. 1910
Following the discussion about the place where the photo of the Chinese men taking a brake was taken, do you recognise the monument in following photo?
https://gwulo.com/atom/31989
Cricket group, ca. 1910
A similar question here: do you recognise the caps some of the young men are wearing in this cricket group photo?
https://gwulo.com/atom/31836
Many thanks!