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A series of photographs of universities in Hong Kong.

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A view looking along a street in Victoria (?Wardley Street) with carts and rickshaws in the roadway.

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A view along Ice House Lane, off Queen's Road, Victoria, with a row of sedan chairs parked at the right of the street. At the end of the lane can be seen the studio of Mee Cheung, a Chinese commercial photographer who advertises his premises in the 'Directory and Chronicle for China' (1901 ed) as being located at 'Top floor of Ice House'.

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A rather blurred view showing four Chinese carrying two sedan chairs.

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An unidentified street scene in Hong Kong with sedan chairs and pedestrians in the foreground. The shop signs include those of two photographers, Tai Woo and Hung Choung.

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130 x 80 mm. postcard.

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A series of photographs of Universities in Hong Kong.

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Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.

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A view showing the front façade of the bank, from Queen's Road, with a fountain in the foreground.

Scope and Contents London: published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, May 4th 1847Commander (later Captain Sir Edward) Belcher of HMS Sulphur carried out a hydrographic survey of Hong Kong Island in 1841, and it was printed as Chart 1466 on 1 May 1843. Three engravings based upon Lieutenant L.G. Heath’s drawings were prepared by the Hydrographic Office to complement Belcher’s chart, and were published in 1847 as a three part panorama, measuring 127 x 2310 mm....

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A view showing a houseboat on the Chu River.

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A view showing a crowded settlement of warehouses and huts on the bank of the Chu River.

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A view along the river bank.

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A view showing three-masted junks on the Chu River, a good composition spoiled through lack of tonal contrast.

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A rear-view of a junk on the Chu River, with a village on the bank in the background.

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A murky view showing two junks, possibly transporting a large raft of timber down river.

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A view showing a river boat of the Sun Ning Railway Co at a jetty on the Chu River.

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Slides 237-244 are copies of prints by Hiroshige.

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A view showing two junks off Hong Kong.

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A view looking along tree-shaded Wyndham Street (off Queen's Road), with flower sellers on the pavement.

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288 x 202 mm. View from the harbour looking towards the waterfront of the city of Victoria, with the Peak in the background.

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A view from Victoria Peak looking down on Victoria and the Harbour and across to Kowloon.

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A view looking down on the city and Harbour of Victoria and showing the Albany Filter Beds (at right of slide), MacDonnell Road (below the filter beds) and the breakwater of the Naval Dockyard. A photograph taken from near the Peak Road.

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A view looking down on Victoria from Victoria Peak with the Harbour and Kowloon beyond.

Scope and Contents 1086 x 212 mm. Originally a four-part panorama of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak showing the city of Victoria below, the harbour and Kowloon Peninsula across the water. Stone Cutter’s Island can be seen on the left. The photograph shows grand European style buildings with spacious grounds and a waterworks on the lower slopes of Victoria Peak. St John's Cathedral can be seen below the Peak, slightly to the right of centre, and the Queen's Building, completed in 1899 (and demolished in 1961),...