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Queen's Road looking west c.1870
c.1870
70-74 Queen's Road Central
c.1870
70-74 Queen's Road Central
c.1870
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70-74 Queen's Road Central [????-????]

Submitted by Klaus on

Two-storey building 70, 72, 74 Queen's Road Central at the south-eastern junction with Pottinger Street. Many signs give names of residents where the location can be verified.

Nam Cheong from Whampoa, Portrait and Landscape Painter, [QRC] No. 70. Nam Cheong was a famous painter who was active between c.1840 and c.1870 (see e.g. Wattis Fine Arts).

William Powell Ltd. [1884-1952]

Submitted by Klaus on

One of the famous Hong Kong drapers, furnishers, dressmakers, and milliners. 

William Powell founded his company in 1884 under the name "W. Powell & Co". In 1901 it was converted to a limited liability company under the name "Wm. Powell Ltd".

The company change it's location quite often but stayed at Queen's Road Central.

First location was likely in the building of the Victoria Hotel.

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