Gallery: 1940s Hong Kong

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Gallery:

Title	Year
48, Ho Man Tin Hill Road	1949
KGV School	1949
364, The Peak	1940
364, The Peak	1940
1940s Happy Valley Racecourse	1948
1941 A. R. P. Badge	2013
Stanley Military Cemetery - 1945 Air Raid Victims	1990s
Stanley Military Cemetery - Francais Libre memorial	1990s
Stanley Military Cemetery - Headstones	1990s
Stanley Military Cemetery - Headstones	1990s
Charles Schafer-Pan American Traffic Manager-Hong Kong-1942	1942
SWEEPY TIME GAL	1944
SWEEPY TIME GAL crew members	1944
Liberty Theatre Cinema Yau Ma Tei	1940s
Flag raising ceremony at Stanley Camp	1945
R E Jones raising Union Jack at Stanley Camp	1945
Kentwell L. K.-January 1942	1942
Stanley Camp Sketch	1940s
Title / signature	1940s
1946 Statue Square	1946
Taikoo Sugar delivery van	1948
Tsim Sha Tsui-Kowloon Point-development proposal-1940	1940
Mei Fu Sun Chuen-Fuel Tank Farm	1949
Photo: Christmas Day, 1941	1941
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-007	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-008	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-009	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-006	1945
No 5358 Wing (Airfield Construction) group-October 1945	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-004	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-003	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-002	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-001	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-000	1945
Rehabilitation of Hok Yuen Power Station-October 1945-005	1945
Burns Philp Line	1940
1940 HK Police and reservists	1940s
This proves "U" never work	1940s
1940s Metropole Hotel Advert	1940
BOAC Air Hostess-1949	1949
BOAC Air or Ground Hostess-1949	1949
1948 Trans Asiatc Airlines Advertisement	1948
City from Robinson Road c.1946	1946
Cathay Pacific crash February 1949	1949
1941 SCMP staff	1941
Hotel accommodation in 1949	1949
Tiger Balm Gardens pagoda-1949	1949
House on Magazine Gap	1947
Naval Dockyard-1949	1949
Hong Kong Island-1948	1948
Catholic Cathedral Caine Road-1949	1949
Naval Dockyard & Kowloon-1949	1949
Japanese War Memorial	1945
Damage to HMS London	1940s
Street Scene-1945-Pottinger Street	1945
Sheko Golf Club-1948	1948
Happy Valley racecourse-1948	1948
Central District & slopes beyond-1949	1948
My Grandfather	1946
Portrait of Colin Luscombe	1942
Tai Po approaches	1948
Cover Page of Booklet 'HONG KONG Before, During and After the Pacific War'	2012
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 8	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 2	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 3	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 4	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 5	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 6	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 7	1945
Weekly China Mail, 1945-09-13, pg 1	1945
1946 Queen Victoria Statue & HSBC Lions	1946
1947 Queen Victoria Statue et al	1947
Thomas Waller in 1948	1948
Stanley Camp Food Queue	1942
Hong Kong-Newsprint-HK News-19450519-001	1945
1941 Tennis at Civil Service Club	1941
HMS Amethyst berthing at Tamar	1949
Captured British soldiers on Queen's Rd East	1941
Civilians emerge from Air Raid shelter tunnels	1941
Children	1941
Page 2 - top	1941
Page 2 - bottom	1941
Page 3 - top	1941
Page 3 - bottom	1941
Page 4 - top	1941
Page 4 - bottom	1941
Page 1 - top	1941
Page 1 - bottom	1941
Tin Hat Ball-Peninsula Hotel	1941
Ma Wan Beach Resort-1947	1947
China Light & Power building	1948
China Light & Power Co building	1940
Japanese troops pass Duro Paint factory	1941
1946 Hong Kong Cricket Club	1946
1946 Hong Kong Cricket Club	1946
1947 Map of Kowloon near Chatham Road	1947
Back of postcard	1948
Comparison of area above Botanical Gardens	1940s
Wartime wedding	1942
Murder of S C Collins	1947

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