Gallery: 1860s Hong Kong photos

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Gallery:

Title	Year
general view of Victoria (c.1866)	c.1866
Sedan Chair Bearers and Customer 1869	1869
ex German Club advert 1864	1864
East Point 1866-68	c.1967
Ship in the Aberdeen Dock	c.1863
Five Dollar Banknote 1866	1866
1869 To Let - Persepolis	1869
Hongkong Bakery	1864
P&O offices	c.1868
Three bridges view	1868
Happy Valley Racecourse stands c.1869	c.1869
Spectators at Happy Valley Racecourse c.1868/69	c.1869
Grand Stand 1869	1869
Happy Valley Racecourse stands (viewed from Morrison's Hill) c.1868	c.1868
Happy Valley Racecourse c. 1868	c.1868
Happy Valley Racecourse, viewed from Morrison's Hill c.1868	c.1868
Happy Valley Racecourse, 1860s	1860s
Ships in the Hong Kong harbour c.1865	c.1865
1869: Triumphal arch, Pedder's Wharf	1869
Auction/sale of Dent & Co's. properties in November 1868	1868
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company advert 1865	1865
Oriental Hotel 1864	1864
Wanchi steam Bakery 1864	1864
Shop of Wah Loong and Cumwo	1868
Douglas Lapraik	c.1862
Hong Kong Parade Ground, May 24, 1862	1862
The Executive Council Hong Kong 1860	1860
Pedder's Wharf 1860/61	c.1861
Pedder's Wharf predecessor 1860	1860
Pedder's Wharf first and second generation	1869
Pedder's Wharf by John Thomson	c.1869
Hong Kong Harbour 1869	1869
HMS Minden (??) 1860	1860
HMS Hercules (?) 1860	1860
HMS Princess Charlotte c. 1868	c.1868
HMS Melville (?) 1860	1860
Daily Press Office 1863	1863
El Dorado Inn 1865	1865
The Victoria Dispensary 1868	1868
P&O entry in the chronicle for 1864	1864
Praya Wharf & Pedder Street Pier Construction c1861	1860
Grand Stand c.1869	c.1869
Fountain presented by John Dent, Esq. to the Colony of Hong Kong	1864
Douglas Castle 1860s	1860s
Hong Kong Cemetery 1860	1860
East Point 1860s	1860s
HMS Galathea plus three hulks 1869	1869
Triumphal Arch at Peddar's Wharf 1869	1869
first to fourth streets 1864	1864
Panorama of city from scandal point	1869
Panorama of East Point From Morrison Hill	1860
Panorama of Wanchai from Morrison Hill	1860
View of First Arrival of Chinese Expeditionary Force taken from Kowloon - Full 6 sheets	????
1860s Ships	1864
Panorama of Wanchai looking west towards Central	1864
Panorama of happy valley racecourse	1869
East Point From Morrison Hill	1869
Panorama of city from scandal point	1869
Panorama of Murray barracks Central	1860
Panorama of government House & Murray Battery	1869
Queen's Road prepared for illumination 1869	1869
Queen's Road Central looking east 1869	1869
Queen's Road Central looking west 1869	1869
Detail of Pedder's Wharf (1st gen) 1869	1869
pedders wharf entrance to pedder street 1869 color restored	1869
1864 " To Let" Advertisement - Houses on Morrison Hill	1864
1869 Greenmount	1869
Queens Road Central looking west towards the Central Market	1868
Chinese Tea House Queens Road Central & Morrison Street	c.1868
VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO HONGKONG IN 1869	1869
Scale of fares and list of stands for licensed vehicles 1863	1863
Fountain Public Gardens.jpg	1869
1869 HMS Galatea Hong Kong Harbour.jpg	1869
Cemetery and Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong	1868
The Ice House Company's shop, Hong Kong	1868
Water holding tank, Caine Road, Hong Kong	1968
1864 Advertisment - Stag Hotel	1864
1864 Notice - Tuition in Navigation	1864
1865 Hong Kong & China Gas Co. - Notice to Supply Gas to Residents	1865
1865 Harperville	1865
1865 Craigellachie	1865
1865 Greenmount	1865
1864 Hotel D' Europe	1864
Early Wanchai Shipyards	1860
Queen's Road in Central	1869
1868 TST Police Station	1868
1869 Triumphal Arch at Pedder’s Wharf	1869
Central & mid-levels from the Hong Kong Hotel	1868
Plan of Naval Dockyard 1863-64	1864
TST Police Station c1868	1868
Tsim Sha Tsui point c1868	1868
1863 kowloon map	1863
Looking South towards Pok Fu Lam - Siemssen & Co House	1868
HMS Princess Charlotte.jpg	1868
1860s Panorama of City from Murray Pier/Bath-house	1865
John Thomson Central Praya 1869 Restored and Colourized.jpg	1869
c.1867 - Western man	1865
c.1867 / 1880 - Sailor	1867
c.1868 - Western man with a splendid beard!	1867
Minecraft French mission building front view	1860s

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