Looking up D'Aguilar Street (德己立街), Central, Hong Kong

Mon, 08/12/2024 - 20:48

Uploaded from "University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China",  reference number: BL-m02  Uploaded with kind permission by the University of Bristol.

D'Aguilar Street from Queen's Road Central. On the left is the store of Yee Sang Fat. 

On the right is a sign reading TAI WOO,  PHOTOGRAPHER and N. Lazarus, Optician. There is an advert of this store in the Hong Kong Telegraph from 1913-01-30, the address given is 1A, D'Aguilar Street. This store had different locations over time (Pedder Street and different locations on Queen's Road), so probably there were here in the mid-1910s only.

N. Lazarus' store occupied the same place as the Hongkong Dispensary, the latter closed 28 May 1904 and moved to the Alexandra Buildings. So Lazarus possibly already was in this location in the second half of the 1900s. 

Date picture taken
1912 (year is approximate)