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Kowloon and New Kowloon (area)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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A granite quarry at Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4522
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A view from the Foreign Correspondents' Club overlooking Hong Kong, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302D/7
Scope and Contents

195 x 129 mm. General view looking down onto the Hong Kong waterfront, with Kowloon in the distance across the harbour.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Aden [i.e. Adan], Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula], and Hong Kong, circa 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/134-182
Scope and Contents

Also described as: 'Aden, Hong Kong, ?1909'.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Baptist College

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/84
Scope and Contents

The college is noted as being 'government subsidised'. Photograph probably by Ian Maxwell.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Burial urns near Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4541A
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). (Bones gathered from coffin after flesh decayed, and then put in urns). [Showing urns dotted among vegetation on the hill side].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Burial urns near Kowloon], 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4542A
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Closer view of urns among bushes].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cattle depot near Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4524
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Cattle gathered in field with bungalows to the right and hills in the background].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Filling up : reclaiming land at Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4523
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong from [Victoria] Peak, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/188
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hong Kong's business section and Harbour with Kowloon beyond, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/169
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4519
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kowloon Observatory, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4521
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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SS 'Chung Ou' wrecked in Kowloon Bay, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/164
Scope and Contents

A view showing the beached boat lying just offshore.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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SS 'Kwong Sai' at Stonecutter's Island [i.e. Ngong Shuen Chau], [23 Aug. 1923]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/163
Scope and Contents

A view showing the wrecked ferryboat lying near rocks off Ngong Shuen Chau (West of Kowloon). The slide is undated; the date is assumed as the ship was stranded after the typhoon which raged from 17 to 22 Aug. 1923 (source: Klaus Liphard, Gwulo).

Dates: [23 Aug. 1923]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The 'Empress of Canada' at Kowloon Wharf, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/162
Scope and Contents

A copy of a half-tone photograph showing the large liner berthed at Kowloon, with a row of taxi-cabs in the foreground.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Standard Oil works from the road above Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4540
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). On way towards Lok-lo-ha road.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Victoria and Kowloon], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/179
Scope and Contents

A view looking down on Victoria from Victoria Peak with Kowloon in the distance.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View of Hong Kong from ferry coming from Kowloon side, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4541
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing sailing boats and steam boats in the foreground].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View taken from ferry boat near Kowloon, showing the Tamar and warships, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4542
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Wharves at Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4520
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).