Gallery: 1940s Hong Kong

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Title Year
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1940s
Unknown British pillbox on the Gin Drinkers Line
Unknown British pillbox on the Gin Drinkers Line

1942
HUA NAN MOTORS-De Soto cars
HUA NAN MOTORS-De Soto cars

1947
HUA NAN MOTORS
HUA NAN MOTORS

1947
Hua Nan Motors 1949
Hua Nan Motors 1949

1949
Southorn Playground 1949
Southorn Playground 1949

1949
Kennedy Road Houses 1949 annotated
Kennedy Road Houses 1949 annotated

1949
Late 1940s Wanchai waterfront air


1949
Bridges east of Tiger Balm Gardens
Bridges east of Tiger Balm Gardens

1946
Aberdeen floating restaurants-1949-002.
Aberdeen floating restaurants-1949-002.

1949
Aberdeen floating restaurants-1949-001
Aberdeen floating restaurants-1949-001

1949
Basel House in 1940s and 100 years old Camphor Trees, Hong Kong Now and Then


1940s
MagazineGapRd_5and17_comaprison.png
MagazineGapRd_5and17_comaprison.png

1940s
Sai Kung aerial photograph with old police station 1949
Sai Kung aerial photograph with old police station 1949

1949
MagazineGapRoad5and17.jpg
MagazineGapRoad5and17.jpg

1940s
Paul Tsui + Jack Cater at Sai Kung 1946.jpg
Paul Tsui + Jack Cater at Sai Kung 1946.jpg

1946
C.E. Warren Hong Kong Telegraph, page 6, 27th August 1940.png
C.E. Warren Hong Kong Telegraph, page 6, 27th August 1940.png

1940
William Joseph Webber at Hong Kong docks
William Joseph Webber at Hong Kong docks

1940s
Grace Smith's grave in Hong Kong
Grace Smith's grave in Hong Kong

1996
NEW YACHT CLUB OPENED on KELLET ISLAND-1940
NEW YACHT CLUB OPENED on KELLET ISLAND-1940

1940
Cocktail Party Nitta Maru Hong Kong Telegraph Pictoral Supplement Page 1 11th May 1940 .png
Cocktail Party Nitta Maru Hong Kong Telegraph Pictoral Supplement Page 1 11th May 1940 .png

1940
Carol Bateman-HK Telegraph-27-09-1941
Carol Bateman-HK Telegraph-27-09-1941

1941
CCDO Staff Hong Kong 1940 - IMG_20211006_0001.jpg
CCDO Staff Hong Kong 1940 - IMG_20211006_0001.jpg

1940s
1946 Street with air raid shelter
1946 Street with air raid shelter

1946
Diary - pages 11-12.JPG
Diary - pages 11-12.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 13-14.JPG
Diary - pages 13-14.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 15-16.JPG
Diary - pages 15-16.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 17-18.JPG
Diary - pages 17-18.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 19-20.JPG
Diary - pages 19-20.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 21-22.JPG
Diary - pages 21-22.JPG

1940s
Diary - opening pages.JPG
Diary - opening pages.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 3-4.JPG
Diary - pages 3-4.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 5-6.JPG
Diary - pages 5-6.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 7-8.JPG
Diary - pages 7-8.JPG

1940s
Diary - pages 9-10.JPG
Diary - pages 9-10.JPG

1940s
Sham Shui Po Roof Top View (1940s)
Sham Shui Po Roof Top View (1940s)

1940s
pages 7-8 cropped.jpg
pages 7-8 cropped.jpg

1942
pages 9-10 cropped.jpg
pages 9-10 cropped.jpg

1940s
pages 11-12
pages 11-12

1942
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pages 3-4 cropped.jpg

1940s
pages 5-6 cropped.jpg
pages 5-6 cropped.jpg

1940s
Diary - opening pages
Diary - opening pages

1940s
Grace Smith's Diary
Grace Smith's Diary

1941
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pages 3-4 cropped.jpg

1942
RITZ-Free Attraction-Tommy Tong and his amazing fish act
RITZ-Free Attraction-Tommy Tong and his amazing fish act

1948
Tai lam crop.jpg
Tai lam crop.jpg

1940s
Tai lam cropedit.jpg
Tai lam cropedit.jpg

1940s
Canadian Army signallers manning a position
Canadian Army signallers manning a position

1941
Piper Cub-Round the World fliers-visited Hong Kong 1947-now in NASM Washington
Piper Cub-Round the World fliers-visited Hong Kong 1947-now in NASM Washington

1947
Police confer-October 1949
Police confer-October 1949

1949
Hong-Kong-street-scene-guard with shot-gun-October-1949
Hong-Kong-street-scene-guard with shot-gun-October-1949

1949
RAF-Auster spotter aircraft preparation-New Territories-October 1949
RAF-Auster spotter aircraft preparation-New Territories-October 1949

1949
Military-in-the-New-Territories-October 1949
Military-in-the-New-Territories-October 1949

1949
Military in the New Territories-October 1949
Military in the New Territories-October 1949

1949
1947 Piper ‘Cubs’ Round-the-World Flight


1947
1946 Central & Mid-Levels


1946
TAI PO ATTACK BY WILDCAT
TAI PO ATTACK BY WILDCAT

1940
Haw Par Pagoda-concrete construction
Haw Par Pagoda-concrete construction

1940
Hong Kong -street scene
Hong Kong -street scene

1949
Hong Kong -street scene
Hong Kong -street scene

1946
Time for Tiffin
Time for Tiffin

1940
Military road building in the New Territories
Military road building in the New Territories

1949
Isa Watson
Isa Watson

1949
Review of the book ‘King Hui’ – published 2007
Review of the book ‘King Hui’ – published 2007

2007
Group photo in 190 Nathan Road
Group photo in 190 Nathan Road

1948
British officers standing at mainland China border marker in Shau Tau Kok
British officers standing at mainland China border marker in Shau Tau Kok

1949
Tjibatoe Apartments, c. 1949–1950
Tjibatoe Apartments, c. 1949–1950

1949
Woman walking through Shau Tau Kok village past border marker
Woman walking through Shau Tau Kok village past border marker

1949
British police inspector (L) standing on his half of the village while Red Chinese Army irregular standing on the right side of the border marker which divides the village. 1949 10 1


1949
Shek Chung Au check point
Shek Chung Au check point

1949
Border control post/Police Station
Border control post/Police Station

1949
1947.1-HK-Maps-Lai-Chi-Kok-Aerial-views.jpg
1947.1-HK-Maps-Lai-Chi-Kok-Aerial-views.jpg

1947
gwulo-bruce-gordon-1949-48-homantin-rdjpg.jpg
gwulo-bruce-gordon-1949-48-homantin-rdjpg.jpg

1940s
MOUNT PARKER-GOLD CRASH-HK Sunday Herald
MOUNT PARKER-GOLD CRASH-HK Sunday Herald

1947
Old Japanese photo of PB009
Old Japanese photo of PB009

1940s
Japanese prepartions for Hong Kong conflict
Japanese prepartions for Hong Kong conflict

1940
St Johns Cathedral WDL4.png
St Johns Cathedral WDL4.png

1940s
WDL3 HK_BoundarybookNo2.png
WDL3 HK_BoundarybookNo2.png

1940s
Bonaventure entering HK2.jpg
Bonaventure entering HK2.jpg

1946
Nine Buildings 15-23, Connaught Road (1941)
Nine Buildings 15-23, Connaught Road (1941)

1941
HMS Smiter arriving at Hong Kong
HMS Smiter arriving at Hong Kong

1940s
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A3A014C6-7EF1-47FE-BA6D-DEE8D67168D3.jpeg

1940s
1945 Central, Sheung Wan to Sai Ying Pun Piers (annotated)
1945 Central, Sheung Wan to Sai Ying Pun Piers (annotated)

1945
Jordan aerial view 1945-11-11
Jordan aerial view 1945-11-11

1945
Kowloon and Victoria Harbour (WW II)


1945
1949 Hennessy Road


1949
Holland-China Trading Company colleagues, Hong Kong, ca. 1948


1948
China Mail 10th March 1941.jpg
China Mail 10th March 1941.jpg

1941
Causeway Bay's new road
Causeway Bay's new road

1948
Hong Kong Navy dock-yard may be moved
Hong Kong Navy dock-yard  may be moved

1947
HIKERS LEFT TIED UP IN DUGOUT
HIKERS LEFT TIED UP IN DUGOUT

1947
1950s Lady & the classic car


1950s
1941 Tiger Pagoda
1941 Tiger Pagoda

1941
YAUMATI-WANCHAI Ferry Service Starts-HK Sunday Herald
YAUMATI-WANCHAI Ferry Service Starts-HK Sunday Herald

1949
Yaumati-Wanchai ferry-new service-HK Sunday Herald
Yaumati-Wanchai ferry-new service-HK Sunday Herald

1949
1940-06-04 HKDP p.5 Kwan Lai-Chun
1940-06-04 HKDP p.5 Kwan Lai-Chun

1940
1940s Hong Kong.jpg
Hong Kong mid-50s.jpg

c.1948
Peak Tram from MacDonnell Road Bridge


1948
Extension of ferry services-China Mail-24-10-1949
Extension of ferry services-China Mail-24-10-1949

1949
UTOPIA MANSIONS-Robinson Road & Conduit Road-China Mail
UTOPIA MANSIONS-Robinson Road & Conduit Road-China Mail

1949