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On Nathan Road 1950's Interesting view

Date picture taken
1950s

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Comments had been made previously on other threads of the camouflage paint seen in photos of the Peninsula Hotel post WWII. Interesting in the sense that the above photo may well show the new paint job of the hotel and removal of the camouflage paint. 

(Edit - As a reference, some of the coloured slides of TST that have been recently posted have an image date of 1953. This photo may have beeen taken prior to the Queen's coronation.)

 

 

That is actually a really insightful observation re: camouflage.

The photo below is Andrew Suddaby's contribution tentatively dated to 1953 with the camouflage still clearly visible. So the coronation may have been the impetus to spruce up the exterior.

Ewart on Middle Road., by Ewart Hunt

Taken during Coronation Week. One of the few photos I have seen of the Peninsula Hotel without its former camouflage paint.

1953 Queen's Coronation, Coronation Fountain at Kowloon Star Ferry, by moddsey

Camouflage paint removed in 1953. Very likely before the Queen's Coronation.

Mentioned in 1954 Annual General Meeting of Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd., see Far Eastern Economic Review 25 March 1954, Vol 16, Issue 12 here

The whole of the outside of the hotel was re-plastered where necessary and cleaned so far as possible of its camouflage which contained a very high percentage of bitumen.......