Kong Collection (#9)

Old Chinese Pagoda
Huqiu Tower (Yunyan Pagoda, Tiger Hill Pagoda) - Hong Kong, China - prior to restoration carried out in more recent times. Date: 1904

Hong Kong Railway
Peak tramway, Hong Kong Date: circa 1905

Hong Kong Boat Girl
A little Chinese girl playing on the pier where the fleet of Chinese house boats is anchored, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China. Date: 1930s

Boxing Manager & Trainer
Left to right : The Chinese friend, trainer and manager of KUI KONG YOUNG, in training to fight Puerto Rican boxing champion SIXTO ESCOBAR, Sydney, Australia. Date: 1930s

Kui Kong Young
Chinese Filipino boxer KUI KONG YOUNG, the small but toned and powerful young boxer, in training to fight Puerto Rican boxing champion SIXTO ESCOBAR. Date: 1940s

Young Chinese Girl - Barge Girl (probably from Hong Kong) Date: 1904

Star Ferry Wharf, Hong Kong Date: circa 1910s

Praya East Hong Kong and Jardines Sugar Factories Date: 1908

Sir John Bowring - 3
SIR JOHN BOWRING Statesman, diplomat, writer : while Governor of Hong Kong. Date: 1792 - 1872

Map / Asia / China 1871
The CHINESE EMPIRE with Korea and Japan. The Treaty Ports are underlined, Hong Kong is underlined in red Date: 1871

Landing opium from the Pekin at Hong Kong
Men landing opium at Hong Kong from the Pekin Date: 1857

Hong Kong
Silhouette of the Tian Tan Buddha statue on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong skyline at night in Hong Kong, China

The German Club, Hong Kong, China

Fold-out postcard with scenes of Shanghai, China

Girls at a Flower show - Hong Kong
Girls (possibly Japanese?) at a Flower Show in Hong Kong, China Date: 1909

Gran pops nose is put out of joint by Lawson Wood
Now that King Kong has appeared in London, this might happen to Gran pop (the wily orang utan created by artist, Lawson Wood) at any moment

Hong Kong - Des Voeux Road

The cemetery and racecourse at Hong Kong
A view of the Hong Kong racecourse, in very close proximity to the cemetery: The races took place last week in the Happy Valley

British Soldiers playing Bounce the Beecham, Hong Kong, 19
Series of photographs showing members of the 25th and 40th Companies of the Royal Engineers playing the Bounce the Beecham game invented by William Heath Robinson, Hong Kong, 1910

Strathnaver Illustration
The P&O liner Strathnaver. 202.4 m in length with a speed of 20 kn. Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962

Taking of Chusan 1840
The taking of the Island of Chusan during the First Opium War by Charles Elliott The archipelago was evacuated in early 1841 in exchange for the cession of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Street Scene
The European end of Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong, with a man carring a heavy load on his shoulders and tram cars passing by

Sir John Bowring - 2
SIR JOHN BOWRING Statesman, diplomat, writer : at one time Governor of Hong Kong

Sir John Bowring - 4
SIR JOHN BOWRING Statesman, diplomat, writer : while Governor of Hong Kong

Bubonic Plague Bacillus
Bacillus of bubonic plague - smear and culture : discovered by Yersin at Hong- Kong, 1894

China / Hong Kong 1883
Victoria seen from the eastern hills

Chinese Thunder Spirit
LEI-KONG the spirit of Thunder. He makes thunder with a hammer & drums, chases away evil spirits & punishes undetected criminals

Spirits of the Bed
TCH OANG-KONG and TCH OANG-MOU the female and male spirits of the bedchamber, and especially the bed, who protect couples from malignant demons and encourage procreation

Koan-Kong, a War God
KOAN-KONG (also known as KOAN- TI, or KOAN-YU)), a god of war, the equivalent of Mars in the Western pantheon, with his officer TCHEOU-TSANG

Hongkong Sawyer
A Chinese sawyer cuts a log in Hong Kong. He uses his saw sideways to minimise the risk of splitting

Tug of War Hong Kong
Stationed in Hong Kong, British soldiers and sailors compete in a tug of war

Creator Deities
TONG-WANG KONG and SI WANG-MOU the Emperor & Empress of the Immortals, the male and female creative forces of the Universe

Brits at Hong Kong
As British residents enjoy their afternoon tea, they also enjoy a spectacular view of Victoria from the eastern hills

Boxers Sabotage Rail
BOXER REBELLION Boxers sabotage the railway between Peking and Hong-Kong

China / Hong Kong 1909
Hong Kong from Kowloon, showing the Peak, with the city below

China / Hong Kong 1856
Hong Kong harbour, from the land

Hong Kong Procession
Procession of a Chinese Commissioner in Hong Kong

Events / Asia / China / Hong K
The British take over the island, occupied by them since 1839 but now formally ceded by the Chinese and confirmed by the Treaty of Nanking 1842

Events / Asia / China
Hong Kong : hoisting the British flag at Taipo, in the Kowloon hinterland

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