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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),...

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A view looking down on Government House from the Upper Albert Road with the Kowloon Peninsula visible in the distance.

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A view showing a wing of Government House, partially obscured by trees.

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A view showing a long narrow room furnished with chairs and potted plants.

Scope and Contents 1043 x 216 mm. A four-part panorama of the water-front and city of Victoria, Hong Kong, with Victoria Peak in the background, taken after the completion of the Chater reclamation. Section 1, from left to right along the waterfront, shows the Queen's Building, St. George's Building and King's Building. To the left of the Queen's Building, the British Military Hospital (Bowen Road) may be seen two-thirds of the way up the slope. Section 2 includes the 'South China Morning Post' building with...

Scope and Contents 961 x 251 mm. A panoramic view of the Kowloon Peninsula taken from Hong Kong Island looking across Victoria Harbour by an unknown photographer. The Kowloon Canton railway terminus, clock-tower and Peninsula Hotel may be seen in the centre and a large ship with three funnels at anchor in the port to the left. Signal Hill may be seen to the right of the clock-tower. The Peninsula Hotel behind the clock-tower was opened in 1928. It has been suggested that the date of this photograph is...

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A view showing an imposing residential house on Victoria Peak, probably that of L.N. Leefe who is recorded as an assistant at Jardine, Matheson and Co (see ?).

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205 x 145 mm.

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A view looking over the flagstaff on Victoria Peak with Victoria and the Harbour in the distance below.

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A view looking down from Victoria Peak with an unidentified large white house in the foreground.

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A view showing the large barracks on Victoria Peak, formerly a hotel but purchased by the Royal Artillery circa 1896.

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A view showing the Victoria Peak Barracks.

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A view from Mount Collinson looking over the south eastern section of Hong Kong Island and showing the Dragon's Back and Hok Tsui with Bluff Head in the distance. The large building at the right of the slide is unidentified.

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556 x 200 mm. (two prints joined) A panoramic view composed of two joined prints looking west along the Victoria waterfront from Murray Wharf. In the left foreground is the cricket pavilion, with the City Hall visible behind. In the middle of the right hand section is the Hong Kong Hotel, with the premises of Jardine, Matheson & Co. to the right.

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A copy of a half-tone photograph looking down from Victoria Peak, over Victoria and towards Kowloon with the Naval dockyard visible at the right of the slide.

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From the sea.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...

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Quarter-plate. Close to Battery Path. [Showing open space in foreground with tree at near end of the road, with rickshaws].

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272 x 213 mm. View looking across gardens and an ornamental lake towards the tower of a temple.