Gallery: 1880s Hong Kong photos

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Gallery:

Title	Year
Junction of QRC and Wellington Street c.1880	c.1880
Harbour Office and Wing Lok Street	1886
East Point 1880s	c.1880
Hong Kong, city and harbour c.1886	c.1886
Happy Valley Racecourse stands 1880s	1880s
1889 Victoria College, Aberdeen Street	1889
Hongkong from harbour c.1889	c.1889
General view of Hong-Kong 1887	1887
Peak Tram under construction 1887	1887
Hongkong: Straße / [Wellington] Street	1880s
Praya Buildings c.1885	c.1885
HMS Meanee	1880s
HMS Victor Emmanuel	1880s
Albert Jahreis 1889	1889
Des Voeux Road Central c. 1888/89	c.1888
Des Voeux Road Central 1885	1885
1880s Naval Yard and Wellington Barracks	1880s
Wellington Battery Pier 1880s	1880s
Central waterfront (looking east) c.1885	c.1885
Peak Tramway 1889	1889
Unknown Location - maybe site of Queen's College at Staunton Street	c.1880
Panorama of Central from Caine Road	1880
Panorama of City, Naval Dockyard & Victoria Barracks from Scandal Point	c.1880
Panorama of the City from the Peak	1880
Panorama of hong kong from above Mid-levels	1885
Panorama of Wanchai looking west from Hospital Hill	c.1888
W. Powell & Co. 1889	1889
Berlin Foundling Home Chapel	1889
1880s Praya at Pedder's Wharf	c.1885
1883 Victoria Hotel, 22 Praya Central (DVRC)	1883
1886 "For Sale" - Rocklands	1886
1886 "For Sale" - Craigieburn	1886
1885 "To Let" - Rheda, Bonham Road	1885
1884 "To Let" - Beryl, TST	1884
1882 "For Sale" - Blue Buildings & Godowns & 17 Chinese Houses on QRE	1882
buxley lodge c1888	c.1888
No wheeled vehicles and horses on Kennedy Road	1883
1889 To Let Advertisement - Glenthorne	1889
1888 Advertisement - Sale of (K). I. L. 441	1888
Panorama of the City from the Harbour	1885
Wanchai Praya looking West from Morrison Hill	c.1880
1884 - Opening of Ladies' Recreation Club	1884
Glenealy & Caine Road	c.1880
1882 Advertisement - Private Sale of Marine Lot 65 (Blue Houses/Buildings and Attached Godowns etc)	1882
1880 To Let Advertisement - Blue Buildings & House Opposite Wanchai Pier	1880
Pedder's Wharf, Before the storm. [No. 4A]	c.1889
Glenealy Ravine, Before the storm [No. 5A]	1889
After the storm (Wyndham Street) [No. 7]	1889
Pedder street, Looking towards Wharf. [No. 6]	1889
Glenealy Ravine, After the storm [No. 5]	1889
After the storm (Pedder Street) [No. 4]	1889
Neighbourhood of Murray Barracks after the flood [No. 3]	1889
Effects of Storm on side of the Peak, Hong Kong [No. 1]	1889
Douglas Wharf 1880s	1887
Sedan chair and Jinrikisha by Lai Afong, c1880s	1880s
The Vehicles and Public Traffic Ordinance 1883, Revision 1887 page 2	1887
The Vehicles and Public Traffic Ordinance 1883, Revision 1887 page 1	1887
00138710.GIF	1880s
Belvue, Kowloon Hong Kong Daily Press page 1 25th August 1885.png	1885
WO78:2371.JPG	1880s
1889-map-of-Pokfulam-conduit.jpg	1889
c. 1885 Wanchai view	1885
Sir Arthur Kennedy's Statue	1897
Old Praya before the reclamation	1884
Praya Central around 1880	1880s
Central waterfront late 1880s	1887
1887 Naval Yard	1887
Fenwick Shipyard's boat pool	1888
H Uyeno The Hong Kong Telegraph page 3 30th August 1889.png	1889
Harperville Hong Kong Daily Press page 1 20th August 1889.png	1889
Victoria Hotel The China Mail page 1 18th December 1884 .png	1884
Praya East 1880_1902	1880s
Fenwick Shipyard 1880s	1880s
old naval yard 1880s	1886
Wanchai map 1880	1880s
Wellington Battery Pier c.1886	1886
Victoria Harbour Waterfront 1882.jpeg	1882
Hotz collection: Hong Kong, Town of Victoria, ca. 1870	1880s
1880s Happy Valley	1880s
Wong Nai Chung Village	1885
Laying turf ?	1885
Training (left) and Race (right) Courses	1885
Grand Stand	1885
Nullah	1885
People at Happy Valley	1885
People at Happy Valley	1885
People at Happy Valley	1885
Pond at Happy Valley	1885
Wong Nai Chung School ?	1885
Stables at Happy Valley	1885
Stand at Happy Valley	1885
1880s Happy Valley	1880s
1889 map of Happy Valley	1889
Map of Hong Kong - with British Kowloon (ca. 1888)	1888
Central Praya from Swimming Baths	1886
TST point. c1888	1888
P&O Headquarters Building 1887	1887
East Point from Praya	1880s
Badges	1885
c.1885 - Sergeant	1885

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