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Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, Causeway Bay Reclamation, 1953

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 14:34

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.

Can you recognise the background? There is a typical pagoda on the left.

More narrative will follow.

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

1953

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Wesselingh family archives: figurines showing Eight immortal fairies (Pat Sin Leng), ca 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:09

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.

Can you please help to find out more about the meaning of the figurines?

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

1937

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Wesselingh family archives: Huangpu District, Guangzhou, 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:06

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.

More narrative will follow.

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

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: wedding photo Jan and Mieke Wesselingh, The Netherlands, 1936

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:04

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.

More narrative will follow.

Courtesy Wesselingh family archives <Read more ...>

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

1936

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Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Blockyard at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-09-28 14:11

Dear reader,

From the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam archives, here is a photo from a brochure by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. showing the construction of a quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925.

I would be happy to receive comments on this photo: location, etc.

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

1925

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Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Jetty and Cranes at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-09-28 14:08

Dear reader,

From the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam archives, here is a photo from a brochure by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. showing the construction of a quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925.

I would be happy to receive comments on this photo: location, etc.

Kind regards,

Pieter

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

1925

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Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Construction of quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-09-28 14:06

Dear reader,

From the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam archives, here is a photo from a brochure by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. showing the construction of a quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925.

I would be happy to receive comments on this photo: location, etc.

Kind regards,

Pieter <Read more ...>

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

1925

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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 1/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:28

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):

1896

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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 2/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:27

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):

1896

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Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 3/3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-30 02:25

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):

1896

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Everything tagged "Shanghai"

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Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, Causeway Bay Reclamation, 1953

Wesselingh family archives: figurines showing Eight immortal fairies (Pat Sin Leng), ca 1937

Wesselingh family archives: Huangpu District, Guangzhou, 1938

Wesselingh family archives: wedding photo Jan and Mieke Wesselingh, The Netherlands, 1936

Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Blockyard at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Jetty and Cranes at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Construction of quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 1/3

Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 2/3

Holland China Syndikaat, founding document, 1896, p. 3/3

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