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Kowloon_Feb_1926.jpg

Submitted by schultie on Mon, 2018-12-03 23:20

Photo sent by my grandmother M.G. Marks-Groot back home to family in the Netherlands. On the reverse side she had written (in Dutch): "In Kowloon-City. View to some Chinese cottages. This is in the middle of arable land. February 1926, Hongkong." <Read more ...>

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1961 Whitfield Barrack view

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2018-08-20 21:48

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

1961

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kowloon

Whitfield Barracks

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Delmar [c.1870-????]

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2018-06-26 17:37

Date Place completed:

c.1870-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Location aproximate - Shaded area is roughly Farm Lots 2 & 3.

History of the property: <Read more ...>

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Kowloon Hotel

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2018-06-18 23:59

Hotel and HSBC bank building <Read more ...>

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

1985

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bank

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1970 Approaching Kaitak

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2018-06-16 00:38

This should be the Tung Road junction with Boundary Street (vanishing left under the KCR Railway Bridge). <Read more ...>

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

1970

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1962 Kowloon west

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2018-02-13 22:56

Sham Shui Po ferry pier at the lower centre of the image. <Read more ...>

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

1962

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sham shui po

kowloon

Ferry pier

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Waterfront YMT

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2018-01-27 00:28

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

2017

Taken from the Star Ferry Terminal in Central.

The two arrows indicate the two blocks of Ferry Point Estate. When these blocks were built, they were directly at the waterfront. <Read more ...>

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Boris Milenko and friends at Hong Kong_Studio_December 1940-030.jpg

Submitted by MichaelM on Sat, 2018-01-20 13:09

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

1940

Boris Milenko, who was living at Kowloon at the time, is at far right, with Nicholas Tonoff and Jim Volgin second and third from left, respectively. The other three people remain unknown.

Exact location also unknown, however, there is a huge banner behind them with the word "STUDIO". The day must have been fairly cold for Hong Kong - all wearing coats or jackets. The photo was printed at Kowloon in 1940/41. <Read more ...>