Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1914
1914 Advertisement for the Hong Kong Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd.of Belcher's Bay . Published as full-page advertisment in the 1914 edition of the Directory & Chronicle for Japan, China, Corea, Indo-China etc., etc. <Read more ...>
Think this is Catchick Street close to the Kennedy Town abbatoirs and the waste incinerator. The Kennedy Town Tram Terminus should be a bit further down the road. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin (Tianjin), Rotterdam and London. At the start of the company, in 1903, Willem Kien (1877-1970) started to work for HCHC in Shanghai, later becoming director. In 1921 he left China and became director at the Rotterdam head office.
