Gallery: 1870s Hong Kong photos

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Gallery:

Title	Year
Queens Road by Lai Afong, 1879	c.1879
View of Victoria from the Harbour 1872	1872
HMS Meanee c.1870	c.1870
Four hulks (port side) c.1870	c.1870
Three hulks (starboard side) c.1870	c.1870
Panorama of Victoria from the harbour c.1870	c.1870
Houses on Queen's Road and Pottinger street c.1875 annotated	c.1875
Queen's Road looking west c.1870	c.1870
Panoramic view of Hong Kong in two sheets (part 2)	1875
Panoramic view of Hong Kong in two sheets (part 1)	1875
St. Joseph's Church 1875 (destroyed)	c.1875
St. Joseph's Church 1873	1873
Hong Kong: view from above Scandal Point looking west	1873
Hong Kong Harbour c.1877	c.1877
Hong Kong. Public Gardens c.1870	c.1870
P&O Building 1875	c.1875
Aberdeen Dockyard c. 1870	c.1870
DesVoeux Road Central 48 - 58	c.1870
Douglas Wharf c.1870	c.1870
View of Praya (I) c.1870 annotated	c.1870
Happy Valley Racecourse stands c.1875	c.1875
Happy Valley Racecourse 1873	1873
Murray Battery and Harbour	c.1870
Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley c.1873	c.1873
Lin Fa Kung Temple on Black Rock, East Point	c.1870
HMS Melville c.1870	c.1870
Chinese town, West Point, H.K. (no. 19.) 1873	c.1873
Victoria Foundry shipyard, later Geo. Fenwick 1873	c.1873
Hong Kong: docks and harbour from the cliffs	c.1873
House Flags (second half of the 19th century)	1870s
Wyndham Street sedan chair stand 1873	1873
Wanchai Steam Bakery 1873	1873
1874 map with Pedder's Wharf (2nd gen)	1874
1874 Plan of the City of Victoria	1874
Plan of Victoria 1873	1873
Wellington Barracks c.1870	c.1870
Arrival of Governor Kennedy at Pedder's Wharf April 1872	1872
1878 Fortifications	1878
City of Kowloon opposite Hongkong c.1870	c.1870
HMS Princess Charlotte c. 1870	c.1870
Wellington Barracks c.1875	c.1875
The Wellington Barracks and scenery of the east position of the island, Hong Kong	c.1875
Joss House, East Point, Hong Kong	c.1870
Wellington Battery and Barracks 1875	c.1875
Fourth/High street 1865+1870	1870
Panorama of city from Conduit Road	c.1875
1870s Jardine's Garden	1870s
Panorama of Happy Valley Racecourse	c.1875
Panorama of the Harbour & City from Mid-Levels	c.1875
1870s Panorama of City from Scandal Point	1870s
36 - 40 Queen's Road Central	????
Queen's Road Central 1870s annotated	1875
Queen's Road Central 1875 annotated	1875
1873 To Let - Fairlea	1873
1873 To Let - Forest Lodge	1873
1873 To Let - Persepolis	1870s
victoria foundry advert 1876	1876
Lammert, Atkinson & co 1876 advert	1876
Lammert, Atkinson & Co. 1876	1876
1874 Typhoon damage at Douglas Wharf	1874
pedders wharf 1870s	c.1876
1870s Praya at Pedder Street	1870s
General view of Hongkong. (From Scandle Point)	1870s
buxley lodge c1875	1870s
buxley lodge comparison	1870s
1870 Advertisement - Wing Kee Coal Shop	1870
1870 "To Let" Advertisement - No. 2 Westbourne Villas	1870
1870 "To Let" Advertisements - Belmont & Priory Lodge	1870
1870 "To Let" Advertisement - 1 Wyndham Street	1870
1870 The Oriental Hotel - 4 Wellington Street	1870
pedders wharf and douglas wharf c. 1875	c.1875
swimming baths victoria recreation club c. 1875	c.1875
Central Market 2nd Generation	c.1875
Panorama of city from peak circa 1875	c.1875
1873 Advertisement - Hongkong Pier & Godown Co. Ltd	1873
Wanchai Waterfront Looking West	c.1872
Hong Kong Pier Company Godown	c.1874
Looking West over Wanchai Praya & Pier	c.1873
1876 To Let Advertisement - Idlewild	1876
1878 To Let Advertisement - Blue Buildings & Dwelling House Eastward of Pier at Wanchai	1878
Teahouse likely on Queen Road Central & Morrison Street	c.1870
View of East Point from Tin Hau 01	1870s
View of East Point from Tin Hau 02	1870s
Chair for hire Lai Afong c.1870s	1870s
Sheik Ally Gravestone	2021
Chinese waterproofs	1875
Golden Chersonese.jpg	1870s
HMB Flamer stranded during 1874 typhoon	1874
"Queens Street Hong Kong"	1870s
Wanchai 1870	c.1870
William Perry Fogg	1871
"Round the world." : Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt	1871
1874 typhoon - SS Alaska	1874
1875-08-14 HKDP p.2 Yun Ayee	1875
Damage caused by the 1874 typhoon, Praya, Hong Kong	1874
Club Germania Wyndham Street	1870s
The Germania Club building, Wyndham Street	1870s
Wanchai 1879 (annotated)	1879
Victoria_Barracks_1870s	1875
Wanchai Seafront 1879	1879

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