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Title Year
1920 map of Kowloon showing area around the Observatory
1920 map of Kowloon showing area around the Observatory

1920s
Shanghai Street 1960's


1960s
Nathan Road 1960's


1960
Hankow Road 1960's


1960s
The White House.jpeg
The White House.jpeg

2015
1947 York Road
1947 York Road

1947
View from the left side
View from the left side

2018
Aperture close-up
Aperture close-up

2018
Inside the aperture
Inside the aperture

2018
View from the beach
View from the beach

2018
Renaming streets 1908
Renaming streets 1908

1908
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20180207_104006.jpg

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20180207_104323.jpg

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Structure off Shek O road.jpg
Structure off Shek O road.jpg

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1945 St Joseph's Home for the Aged Chapel
1945 St Joseph's Home for the Aged Chapel

1945
1945 St. Joseph's Home for the Aged
1945 St. Joseph's Home for the Aged

1945
1945 GPO Special Chop
1945 GPO Special Chop

1945
1976 TST Hanoi Road


1976
1945 RAF Kai Tak Marine Craft
1945 RAF Kai Tak Marine Craft

1945
1945 Kai Tak Airport - Ground View
1945 Kai Tak Airport - Ground View

1945
1945 Kai Tak Airport - Aerial View
1945 Kai Tak Airport - Aerial View

1945
Bottles.JPG
Bottles.JPG

2018
Dutch Gin Bottle.JPG
Dutch Gin Bottle.JPG

2018
L.R. Nielson House in Repulse Bay
L.R. Nielson House in Repulse Bay

1930s
This Bridge Should be Finished by Now - Hong Kong 1978


1978

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