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Title Year
Percival Street cast iron street sign emerges
Percival Street cast iron street sign emerges

2018
Des Voeux Road West - 3 (Hong Kong), 1980


1980
1901 City Map
1901 City Map

1901
1901 Lot Map
1901 Lot Map

1901
Charles Hardouin & Paul Beau Steamers
Charles Hardouin & Paul Beau Steamers

1908
Aerial View of City looking east
Aerial View of City looking east

1950s
Civil Hospital from Praya
Civil Hospital from Praya

1900s
CostPlus Advert 1963.jpg
CostPlus Advert 1963.jpg

1963
Whiteaway's Advert 1963.jpg
Whiteaway's Advert 1963.jpg

1963
Watson's Advert 1963.jpg
Watson's Advert 1963.jpg

1963
Mandarin Hotel Advert 1963.jpg
Mandarin Hotel Advert 1963.jpg

1963
HKG DRIVING LICENCE.jpg
HKG DRIVING LICENCE.jpg

1969
Kowloon-Sand Pebbles movie location buildings
Kowloon-Sand Pebbles movie location buildings

1966
Kowloon-Naval basin-Canton Road beyond HK Wharves
Kowloon-Naval basin-Canton Road beyond HK Wharves

1952
K189 BACK
K189 BACK

1900s
Annotated K189
Annotated K189

1900s
Queen Street pier
Queen Street pier

1900s
"View of Central Harbour from West Point"
"View of Central Harbour from West Point"

1904
TST Aerial View
TST Aerial View

1970s
Kowloon Naval Depot 1939
Kowloon Naval Depot 1939

1939
Kowloon Naval Depot Aerial View
 Kowloon Naval Depot Aerial View

1939
Boiled egg mats.JPG
Boiled egg mats.JPG

1930s
Tsim-Sha-Tsui-Aerial-view-1975
Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Aerial_view_1975

1975
Notes on the Kew family
Notes on the Kew family

????
Cotton Warehouse on Wanchai Road
Cotton Warehouse on Wanchai Road

1972

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