Recent photos

These are the photos most recently added to the Gwulo website.

Title Year
Dockyards at Hung Hom
Dockyards at Hung Hom

1897
Filter beds-brick built supports-Victorian
Filter beds-brick built supports-Victorian

1890
Signal Hill Battery
Signal Hill Battery

2010
2009 Signal Hill Battery
2009 Signal Hill Battery

2009
Range finder on Signal Hill. Havildhar Major in the center.
Range finder on Signal Hill. Havildhar Major in the center.

1937
1996 View from Signal Hill
1996 View from Signal Hill

1996
Connaught Road
Connaught Road

1935
Signal Hill
Signal Hill

1937
Front cover of card
Front cover of card

1927
Card opened up
Card opened up

1927
Back cover
Back cover

1927
Signature on card
Signature on card

1927
1960 Macao
1960 Macao

1960s
Jim's range finder at top of Signal Hill tower looking east to harbour entrance
Jim's range finder at top of Signal Hill tower looking east to harbour entrance

1937
2009 Time Ball Tower
2009 Time Ball Tower

2009
Signal Hill, 18-pounder battery
Signal Hill, 18-pounder battery

1936
Old Hong Kong Xmas Card
Old Hong Kong Xmas Card

1900s
Old Hong Kong Xmas Card
Old Hong Kong Xmas Card

1920s
Where?
Where?

1940s
SS Van Heutsz ran aground in typhoon
SS Van Heutsz ran aground in typhoon

1937
1937 SS Van Heutsz
1937 SS Van Heutsz

1937
1937 SS Van Heutsz
1937 SS Van Heutsz

1937
Back of postcard
Back of postcard

1930s
Queen's Gardens
Queen's Gardens

1930s
Garden Terrace
Garden Terrace

1930s
LRC tennis courts
LRC tennis courts

1930s
Lots of Czechs!
Lots of Czechs!

1920
Tin Hat Ball-Peninsula Hotel
Tin Hat Ball-Peninsula Hotel

1941
Peninsula Hotel-photograph annotated with a date
Peninsula Hotel-photograph annotated with a date

1927
New road to Sai Kung-1928
New road to Sai Kung-1928

1928
A.S. Watson's Pharmacy advert-1920
A.S. Watson's Pharmacy advert-1920

1920
Happy Valley Sports Ground
Happy Valley Sports Ground

1935
1937 Typhoon damage - Kennedy Town
1937 Typhoon damage - Kennedy Town

1937
c.1960 Bungalows on Lantau
c.1960 Bungalows on Lantau

1960s
Rebuilding ICE HOUSE STREET
Rebuilding ICE HOUSE STREET

1932
Ma Wan Beach Resort-1947
Ma Wan Beach Resort-1947

1947
Anti-aircraft guns at Cape D'Aguilar
Anti-aircraft guns at Cape D'Aguilar

1935
1937 Queen's Road Central (China Emporium)
1937 Queen's Road Central (China Emporium)

1937
HK island from the harbour
HK island from the harbour

1935
View Looking Downward from Jardine's Lookout Yr 1946?
View Looking Downward from Jardine's Lookout Yr 1946?

1946
Bathing Beach. New Territories in background.
Bathing Beach. New Territories in background.

1935
Taipo Belle: The fastest motor coach in China
Taipo Belle: The fastest motor coach in China

1935
Crown's department store
Crown's department store

1965
Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road Central

1935
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay

1935
Peninsula Hotel & KCR Terminus
Peninsula Hotel & KCR Terminus

1935
China Emporium build date
China Emporium build date

1932
C.E. Warren advert
C.E. Warren advert

1932
British Fleet in Hong Kong Harbour
British Fleet in Hong Kong Harbour

1935
Sample photos
Sample photos

????
Shui Hing department store advert 1965
Shui Hing department store advert 1965

1965
Whiteaways department store advert 1960
Whiteaways department store advert 1960

1960
Signal Hill Road
Signal Hill Road

1925
1917. 25th Middlesex Regiment Concert Party
1917. 25th Middlesex Regiment Concert Party

1917
Stonecutters Wireless Station
Stonecutters Wireless Station

1935
Nathan Road
Nathan Road

1935
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display

1935
1936 RMS 'Empress of Britain' in Lyemoon Pass
1936 RMS 'Empress of Britain' in Lyemoon Pass

1936
Race Track and Sports Field
Race Track and Sports Field

1935
1929 Wanchai Reclamation - Fire Brigade Hose and Drill Tower
1929 Wanchai Reclamation - Fire Brigade Hose and Drill Tower

1929
Des Voeux Road
Des Voeux Road

1926
China Emporium advertisement
China Emporium advertisement

1959
China Light & Power building
China Light & Power building

1948
Anderson-style
Anderson-style

????
1917 Tram Accident
1917 Tram Accident

1917
1990s City Hall Coat of Arms
1990s City Hall Coat of Arms

1996
1990s City Hall
1990s City Hall

1995
1937 Bank of East Asia
1937 Bank of East Asia

1937
Hong Kong Fire Brigade
Hong Kong Fire Brigade

1935
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display

1935
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display
1935 Annual Fire Drill Display

1935
Sea & Sky Court-Stanley
Sea & Sky Court-Stanley

2010s
Summit shelter
Summit shelter

2011
Summit shelter
Summit shelter

2011
Big shelter
Big shelter

2011
Big shelter
Big shelter

2011
Big shelter
Big shelter

2011
Big shelter
Big shelter

2011
Anderson-style
Anderson-style

2011
Narrow trench
Narrow trench

2011
Shelter
Shelter

2011
Shelter
Shelter

2011
Pig in Ma Hang Squatter area, late 1970s in Stanley-crop-levels
Pig in Ma Hang Squatter area, late 1970s in Stanley-crop-levels

1979
Stanley, HK late 1970s looking at Sea and Sky Ct. from central market area
Stanley, HK late 1970s looking at Sea and Sky Ct. from central market area

1979
Stanley, HK late 1970s view of MaHang squatter area, Sea and Sky Court
Stanley, HK late 1970s view of MaHang squatter area, Sea and Sky Court

1979
Street funeral, looking down from Sea and Sky court, Stanley Main street, squatter area in back levels-crop
Street funeral, looking down from Sea and Sky court, Stanley Main street, squatter area in back levels-crop

1979
Village God house, Stanley, HK late 1970s
Village God house, Stanley, HK late 1970s

1979
China Light & Power Co building
China Light & Power Co building

1940
1930s Happy Valley Racecourse Grandstand
1930s Happy Valley Racecourse Grandstand

1935
Barbed wire
Barbed wire

2011
Trenches
Trenches

2011
Wide trench
Wide trench

2011
Looking down on Chinese New Year from 4th floor, Sea and Sky Court
Looking down on Chinese New Year from 4th floor, Sea and Sky Court

1979
Market scene, Stanley, HK late 1970s
Market scene, Stanley, HK late 1970s

1979
More Chinese New Year in Stanley, note village god small temple in back
More Chinese New Year in Stanley, note village god small temple in back

1979
James Hickman 1866-1915
James Hickman 1866-1915

1909
1990s HSBC Lion 'Stephen'
1990s HSBC Lion 'Stephen'

1997
A lion called Stitt
A lion called Stitt

1954
1950s Castle Peak
1950s Castle Peak

1955
Chinese New Year dance,Lion dance, Stanley Main Street, late 70s
Chinese New Year dance,Lion dance, Stanley Main Street, late 70s

1979