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Title Year
Chak On Estate pillar box
Chak On Estate pillar box

2023
'The Bungalow, Cheung Chau' 1939
The Clifts' Bungalow, Cheung Chau 1939

c.1939
1975 round table refugee village mui wo hillside
1975 round table refugee village mui wo hillside

1975
c1962 mui wo lantau island map
c1962 mui wo lantau island map

1962
Wan Chai Map Extract c1889
Wan Chai Map Extract c1889

c.1889
Flight Kitchen
Flight Kitchen

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Dairy Farm
Dairy Farm

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Silver Mine Beach Bridge
Silver Mine Beach Bridge

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Mui Wo, Silver Mine Beach
Mui Wo, Silver Mine Beach

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Aerial Photograph Mui Wo 1963
Aerial Photograph Mui Wo 1963

c.1963
Alec Greaves and colleagues
Alec Greaves and colleagues

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Harry Odell documentary
Harry Odell documentary

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Tjibantjet
Tjibantjet

c.1958
Tjibantjet
Tjibantjet

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1870 Wanchai view
1870 Wanchai view

1870
lyson co. partners
lyson co. partners

1920
lyson cew ads
lyson cew ads

1920
Kowloon Tricycle Passenger Service Company
Kowloon Tricycle Passenger Service Company

1943
Japanese minister arriving at Kai Tak 03 12 1943
japanese minister arriving at kai tak 03 12 1943

1943
Kai Tak seawall nullah bridge has gone
Kai Tak seawall nullah has gone

????
us tide gauge c. 1890
us tide gauge c. 1890

1890s
Seawall crane outside the aerodrome boundary
Seawall crane outside the aerodrome boundary

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Modern syphon tide gauge
Modern syphon tide gauge

2020s
1927 Public Works Department Annual Report
1927 Public Works Department Annual Report

1920s
1926 Public Works Department Annual Report
1926 Public Works Department Annual Report

1920s

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