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To search for specific photos, or to only show photos from a certain decade, please enter your selection below then click the Apply button. You are also welcome to explore Gwulo's galleries of photos.

Title Year
Basel Mission and Isolation Hospital
Basel Mission and Isolation Hospital

1905
The Garden at 14 Bowen Road c.1957
The Garden at 14 Bowen Road c.1957

1957
1910s KCR Gradient Stone Pillar in CUHK
1910s KCR Gradient Stone Pillar in CUHK

1910s
1923 KCR Train Accident Man Made Slope in CUHK
1923 KCR Train Accident Man Made Slope in CUHK

1923
R E Jones' "positioning" map
R E Jones' "positioning" map

1943
Green Island lighthouse
Green Island lighthouse

1924
1924 Map of Kennedy Town
1924 Map of Kennedy Town

1924
Roads
Roads

1924
Bowen Road
Bowen Road

1965
14 Bowen Road
14 Bowen Road

1965
Bowen Road
Bowen Road

1975
c.1900 View over Tai Ping Shan from Hospital Road
c.1900 View over Tai Ping Shan from Hospital Road

1900s
Japanese opposite Shameen Island, 1938
Japanese opposite Shameen Island, 1938

1938
Helen Duncan-SCMP reporter
Helen Duncan-SCMP reporter

1997
Dairy Farm Date
Dairy Farm Date

2013
Repulse Bay 2013
Repulse Bay 2013

2013
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay

2013
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay

2010s
177-179 Prince Edward Road West, 1937
177-179 Prince Edward Road West, 1937

1937
Camouflage pattern on corner of building
Camouflage pattern on corner of building

2013
magazine gap - 1909, map of
magazine gap - 1909, map of

1909
Unknown Temple - Can Anyone Recognise ?
Unknown Temple - Can Anyone Recognise ?

1960s
Fisher-folk Children Sha Tau Kok -1960's
Fisher-folk Children Sha Tau Kok -1960's

1960s
1930s D'Aguilar Street
1930s D'Aguilar Street

1935
unknown photo
unknown photo

1930s

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Five volumes of Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell bring you David's favourite photos and their stories:

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Norman Lawson's photos, page 14 Norman Lawson's photos, page 14

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