C.E. Warren Building Contractor The China Mail page 2 20th September 1901

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c.e. warren building contractor the china mail page 2 20th september 1901

C.E. Warren Building Contractor at No. 3A Wyndham Street - supplier of sanitary appliances, drains, traps, waste pipes etc. cleansed and repaired and Agents for Mosaic Tiles

Source: The China Mail, page 2, 20th September 1901

Date picture taken
20 Sep 1901
Shows organisation(s)
C. E. Warren & Co., then C. E. Warren & Co. Ld. [1899-1941]

Comments

Thank you for this ad, David, which gives the exact Wyndham Street address of my grandfather’s showroom. I’m not sure if “Mosaic Tiles” is the name of another company, but twenty one years later my grandfather would call his most successful China pony “Mosaic Tile”. More about this pony later …..

 

The above advertisement in the China Mail of 20th September 1901 clearly stated C.E. Warren had moved from No. 25 Aberdeen Street to 3A Wyndham Street by 2nd August 1901 yet on the very same day of 20th September 1901, a same advertisement with the Aberdeen address is still extant.

Source: The Hong Kong Daily Press, page 1, 20th September 1901

On the same day for the edition of The Hong Kong Telegraph, C.E. Warren's business at Wyndham Street is described as 'Opposite to the CLUB GERMANIA'

Source: The Hong Kong Telegraph, page 5, 20th September 1901

This raises an interesting question Jill - does a photo exist for that section of the street in 1901? 

This will be the closest I think for 3 Wyndham Street! (the building on the left of the photo)

Diss Brothers, Wyndham Street
Diss Brothers, Wyndham Street , by Herostratus

 

Ooops. Two years too late to the party. I see it has already been discussed! 

At least we can now confidently say your grandfather's business was based in the building on the left of the photo.