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Klaus
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General Post Office Building 1910

Source of the photo: [A building on the waterfront] : Hong Kong / 1296 / 1900/1930 | Philippine Photographs Digital Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

The General Post Office Building is almost finished, only scaffolding at the tower left.  Likely end of 1910.

Date picture taken
1910
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scaffolding
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University of Michigan
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