Victoria, the Harbour and the Kowloon Peninsula from Victoria Peak (Hong Kong), c. 1925
Scope and Contents
1353 x 227 mm. A panoramic view taken from Victoria Peak looking down on the city of Victoria and across the Harbour to the Kowloon Peninsula. Printed ‘No. 4’ and ‘Inter National Panorama Photo Co., Hong Kong’ (in bottom right-hand corner of panorama). The photographer has not been identified. The Kowloon Canton Railway Terminus and Clock Tower, completed in 1916, can just be seen on the Kowloon Peninsula. The Peninsula Hotel, which opened in 1928, does not appear in the photograph. On the Victoria waterfront the statue of Queen Victoria can been seen in Statue Square as well as the Cenotaph which was erected in 1923 (source: Klaus Liphard, contributor to Gwulo: Old Hong Kong).
Dates
- Creation: c. 1925
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Extent
1 item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
fair condition (two small sections of sky missing, top-left, evidence of past creasing, slight yellowing)
Date information
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Finding aid date
2014-10-23 10:46:05+00:00
Geographic
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