Gallery: 1950s Hong Kong

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Title Year
Hong Kong glamour.jpg
Hong Kong glamour.jpg

c.1952
Shops opposite KCR Terminus


1951
Nathan Road near Whitfield Barracks


1951
1950s Nathan Road at Night


1952
Peking Road, 1950-54


1950s
1956 Progress reclamation KT


1956
1954 New York Bar


1954
Star Hotel and Rose Hotel(星光酒店及玫瑰酒店)


1955
1950s Frontier Control Area - Man Kam To
1950s Frontier Control Area - Man Kam To

1955
Hong Kong, Star Ferry Terminal, Kowloon, 1950's.jpg
Hong Kong, Star Ferry Terminal, Kowloon, 1950's.jpg

1950s
Hong Kong, Peninsula Hotel, 1950's.jpg
Hong Kong, Peninsula Hotel, 1950's.jpg

1950s
Hong Kong, The Peak, 1950's.jpg
Hong Kong, The Peak, 1950's.jpg

1950s
Hung Hom-KCR tracks to dockyard via Baker Street-bottom left -behind the bus
Hung Hom-KCR tracks to dockyard via Baker Street-bottom left -behind the bus

1958
1950s Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
1950s Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan

1950s
Tea room Rocamadour, Rickmansworth, 1957


1957
Tea room Rocamadour, Rickmansworth, 1957


1957
LANE CRAWFORD Ltd-Hot X Buns & Simnel Cakes
LANE CRAWFORD Ltd-Hot X Buns & Simnel Cakes

1950
1958 Almost completed runway


1958
1950 Looking South from Kowloon Tsai Hill


1950s
Kai Tak Airport ca. 1950


1950s
1950 Kowloon City Bus Terminus


1950s
1950 CNAC & CAT Aircraft Impounded at Kai Tak


1950s
Farewell dinner Klimanek, Hong Kong, 1950


1950s
Sail making Nathan Road


1950s
Lo Wu Camp


1950s
San Wai Camp 1950


1950s
Two Army Officers - Charged with Corruption -1956
Two Army Officers - Charged with Corruption -1956

1956
Route Twisk Corruption Trial Defendant Injured
Route Twisk Corruption Trial Defendant Injured

1956
Barrister Killed in Knife attack
Barrister Killed in Knife attack

1956
Arthur John Clifford (1910-1956)- HK Barrister
Arthur John Clifford (1910-1956)- HK Barrister

1956
Route Twisk Corruption Trial - Verdict
Route Twisk Corruption Trial - Verdict

1956
LAICHIKOK AMUSEMENT PARK-China Mail-15-08-1950
LAICHIKOK AMUSEMENT PARK-China Mail-15-08-1950

1950
1950 Purim Ball menu
1950 Purim Ball menu

1950
1950 St David's Day menu
1950 St David's Day menu

1950
1951 St David's Day menu
1951 St David's Day menu

1951
Beach Party - possibly at Big Wave Bay 1952
Beach Party - possibly at Big Wave Bay 1952

1952
Gillian Tydeman's 21st Birthday Party
Gillian Tydeman's 21st Birthday Party

1956
First flight of unaccompanied schoolchildren to arrive after the war
First flight of unaccompanied schoolchildren to arrive after the war

1950
Raymond Smith with 'Miss Tricity'
Raymond Smith with 'Miss Tricity'

1955
Queen Mary Hospital Chinese Nurses' Party - December 1953
Queen Mary Hospital Chinese Nurses' Party - December 1953

1953
Pixie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest
Pixie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest

1955
Circus elephants unloaded by crane
Circus elephants unloaded by crane

1955
Hong Kong Aerial View - location unknown
Hong Kong Aerial View - location unknown

1955
1955 1-600 map of Wyndham Street
1955 1-600 map of Wyndham Street

1955
Holland-China Trading Company dinner, Hong Kong 1950


1950s
1954 Central view


1954
ice works 1950s
ice works 1950s

1952
1950s BOAC Argonaut
1950s BOAC Argonaut

1952
James McDougall
James McDougall

1950
Civilian pass for Kai Tak
Civilian pass for Kai Tak

1950s
MV Changsha and Taiyuan
MV Changsha and Taiyuan

1956
BOAC Argonaut brochure
BOAC Argonaut brochure

1950s
BOAC Argonaut brochure
BOAC Argonaut brochure

1950s
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Harbour Hong Kongc.png

1950s
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Harbour Hong Kongb.png

1950s
1950s Hill Excavation


1957
1952 map of Sugar Refinery
1952 map of Sugar Refinery

1952
1950s King's rd Taikoo dockyard


1950s
1957 Map of Tai Po Market
1957 Map of Tai Po Market

1957
1955 Tai Po Market
1955 Tai Po Market

1955
1956 Central Reclamation


1956
1956 Central Reclamation


1956
1950s Wanchai Bars
1950s Wanchai Bars

1955
1950s HYF Vehicular Ferry - Man Kim
1950s HYF Vehicular Ferry - Man Kim

1955
1950 Ho Tung Engineering Workshop - University of Hong Kong
1950 Ho Tung Engineering Workshop - University of Hong Kong

1950s
1950s Peak Tram - MacDonnell Road Stop
1950s Peak Tram - MacDonnell Road Stop

1955
Shatin Heights Hotel-China Mail-24-09-1955
Shatin Heights Hotel-China Mail-24-09-1955

1955
Brenda-Anne Apartments-For Rent-A.V. Alvares-HK Sunday Herald-06-08-1950
Brenda-Anne Apartments-For Rent-A.V. Alvares-HK Sunday Herald-06-08-1950

1950
1950 Union House (Nathan Road) Advertisement
1950 Union House (Nathan Road) Advertisement

1950
1958 Map of Pokfulam / Pokfield Roads junction
1958 Map of Pokfulam / Pokfield Roads junction

1958
Pokfulam Road
Pokfulam Road

1950s
1953 Des Voeux Rd Central


1953
1954 Hennessy Road


1954
1952 Kai Tak Aerodrome Pillboxes
1952 Kai Tak Aerodrome Pillboxes

1952
Cafe Wiseman-1950.
Cafe Wiseman-1950.

1950
1950s Tai Po: Lam Tsuen river & Tolo Harbour


1950s
LANE CRAWFORD-BREAD
LANE CRAWFORD-BREAD

1950
SHEUM'S CIRCUS-Kowloon City Bus Terminus
SHEUM'S CIRCUS-Kowloon City Bus Terminus

1959
FOURSEAS HOTEL-opening-6 June 1950
FOURSEAS HOTEL-opening-6 June 1950

1950
Bronze Cross Karel Baggerman


1951
Portrait Karel Baggerman ca 1943


1943
1958 4.5.6. Shanghai Restaurant


1958
1950s Map Of Hong Kong (Relative to Canton and Macao)
1950s Map Of Hong Kong (Relative to Canton and Macao)

1950s
Hong Kong daily English language newspapers merge-1 October 1950
Hong Kong daily English language newspapers merge-1 October 1950

1950
A wedding at the Ohel Leah Synagogue 1950
A wedding at the Ohel Leah Synagogue 1950

1950s
Laurence and Horace Kadoorie
Laurence and Horace Kadoorie

1950s
HK Engineering Construction Co.
HK Engineering Construction Co.

1950s
Mr Edgar Laufer
Mr Edgar Laufer

1950s
Sir Horace Kadoorie walks the bride down the aisle - 21.8.50
Sir Horace Kadoorie walks the bride down the aisle - 21.8.50

1950
J. R. Jones, legal adviser to HKS Bank - Aug 1950
J. R. Jones, legal adviser to HKS Bank - Aug 1950

1950
1953 Kowloon Star Ferry
1953 Kowloon Star Ferry

1953
1953 KCR Terminus at TST
1953 KCR Terminus at TST

1953
1952 King's Road


1952
1958 Kapok Bakery and Confectionery Co. Ltd, Wanchai


1958
1953 TST Star Ferry


1953
North Point 'A' power station turbine hall in 1955
North Point 'A' power station turbine hall in 1955

1955
Generator hall North Point Power Station
Generator hall North Point Power Station

1950s
North Point Power Station generator hall 1
North Point Power Station generator hall 1

1959
North Point Power Station generator hall 2
North Point Power Station generator hall 2

1959
Mr Flanagan at Commissioning ceremony for North Point Power Station B
Mr Flanagan at Commissioning ceremony for North Point Power Station B

1958