1954 Junction of Nathan and Mody Roads

The vertical signboard on the extreme right shows the "Melbourne Hotel". It was located on Mody Road.

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1954
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Swatow Weng Lee Co., was established in 1917. In the photo, the business was located at 52 Nathan Road. The company sold table linens, silks and brocades, lingerie, blouses, coats, handkerchiefs, embroidered articles, pewter and copper, silverware, jewellery, jade, carved ivory and camphorwood chests. 

Source: 1952 Hong Kong Shopping and Sightseeing Travel Guide by Helen Eva Yates

 

Noticed the name of the store from the 1920s. Address: 54 Nathan Road. A provision, medicine, perfumery and wine and spirits store. Advertisement here  in the Hong Kong Daily Press on 30 December 1939.