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Boele family archives: Hong Kong, family portrait near Lei Yue Mun Pass, 1953

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-12-14 14:33

Rob Wesselingh, whose father was manager at Netherlands Harbour Works in Hong Kong, brought me into contact with Wim Boele, who shared several childhood photographs with me. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1953

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Boele family archives: Hong Kong, dredger and Lei Yue Mun Pass, 1953

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-12-14 14:32

Rob Wesselingh, whose father was manager at Netherlands Harbour Works in Hong Kong, brought me into contact with Wim Boele, who shared several childhood photographs with me. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1953

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Boele family archives: Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport, 1971

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-12-14 14:30

Rob Wesselingh, whose father was manager at Netherlands Harbour Works in Hong Kong, brought me into contact with Wim Boele, who shared several childhood photographs with me. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1971

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Holland-China Trading Company: Hong Kong Government Gazette trade registration, 1917

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-24 15:24

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1917

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:51

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:48

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:47

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Hotz s'Jacob & Co.: 1900 trade mark registration

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-11-09 14:25

Charles Gesner van der Voort had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1900

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Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), Hong Kong, 1950, retirement Klimanek

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-10-26 13:47

Even though HCHC was taken over by Internatio in 1948, people kept referring to the company as Holland-China Trading Company. This group photo was taken for the occasion of senior manager Philip Harding Klimanek (front row, sixth from the left) leaving the company. Charles Gesner van der Voort can be found front row, first from the left, his wife Nancy third from the left. Phil Beekmeijer and his wife Ans are third row, first and second from the left.
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

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Philip Harding Klimanek: 1950 retirement Holland-China Trading Company, Hong Kong

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-10-26 13:39

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

This photo shows his retirement party. Charles Gesner van der Voort's wife Nancy can be seen first row, third from the right. Philip Harding Klimanek is standing in front, on the right. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

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