Kong Collection (page 8)

Hong Kong - China - Street Coolies. The first and last are clad in straw raincoats while the one in the centre is carrying provisions purchased from the market. circa 1910s

China - Hong Kong - Chinese Actors in lavish costumes Date: circa 1903

Hong Kong, China - Queens Road East - Corner of Arsenal Street. Date: circa 1910s

Kong Chow Temple - Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing leaf raincoat
Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing and elaborate (and somewhat bizarre) leaf (rushes) raincoat. Date: 1919

Victoria District, Hong Kong, China - Street Scene Date: 1919

Queens Road East, Hong Kong, China - Street Scene
Queens Road East - The main street in the Eastern part of Hong Kong, China Date: 1920

Flower Street, Hong Kong, China Date: 1919

HMS Diadem (China Squadron) off Hong Kong. HMS Diadem was the lead ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy

Hong Kong, China - City of Victoria, the Peak and Junks
Hong Kong, China - City of Victoria, the Peak and Chinese Junks - view from the Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Chinese Actors, Hong Kong Date: circa 1910s

British Empire Exhibition, Wembley - Hong Kong Pavilion Date: 1924

Hong Kong, China - The Main Shopping Centre in the 1950s Date: circa 1950s

Hong Kong, China - Wellington Street Date: circa 1950s

Hong Kong, China - The Tiger Pagoda
The 7-storey Tiger Pagoda, the highlight of the Tiger Balm Garden (Aw Boon Haw Garden), on the Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong, opened in 1935

Hong Kong, China - Causeway Bay. Now one the most built-up areas of Hong Kong, with rent in the shopping areas ranked as the second highest in the world after New Yorks Fifth Avenue! Date: circa 1920s

The Summer Palace, Beijing - Seventeen Arch Bridge (Shiqi Kong Qiao) Date: circa 1931

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force operated a fleet of six aircraft (c.1974): a Britten-Norman Islander, two Beechcraft Musketeers and three Alouette III helicopters

Two Short Sandringham 5s of BOAC at moorings in Hong Kong, including G-AHZD, Portmarnock, left

A Britten-Norman BN2A Islander HKG-7
A Britten-Norman BN2A Islander, HKG-7, of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force

Canadair C-4-1 CF-CPP Empress of Hong Kong
Canadair C-4-1, CF-CPP, Empress of Hong Kong, of Canadian Pacific Airlines

Douglas DC-3 VR-HDN of Hong Kong Airways
Douglas DC-3, VR-HDN, of Hong Kong Airways

The first flight of Douglas DC-3 VR-HDN
The first flight of Douglas DC-3, VR-HDN, of Hong Kong Airways to Canton

Vickers Viscount 760 VR-HFI of Hong Kong Airways
Vickers Viscount 760, VR-HFI, of Hong Kong Airways

Short Sandringham 7 G-AKCP Saint David of BOAC taking off
Short Sandringham 7, G-AKCP, Saint David, of BOAC taking off from Hong Kong, 5 September 1949. Date: 1949

Vase with Landscape. 1736-1796. Decorated with black and white miniature. Chien-Long period. Chinese art. Qing period. China / Porcelain. SINGAPORE. Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Imperial Seal with Figure of Dragon. 1796-1820. Ivory. Chia-chin period (1796-1820). Chinese art. Qing period. Decorative Arts. SINGAPORE. Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Cheung Chau - Hong Kong - Cheung Chau from ruined villa Date: 1951

The Peak - Hong Kong - Waterfront and The Peak Date: 1952

Downtown Hong Kong - Hong Kong - Commercial waterfront, with start of The Peak in background Date: 1952

Kowloon - Hong Kong - toward Kowloon from The Peak Date: 1952

Mother and baby - Hong Kong - Babies carried in bright bags on backs wobbly necks. Date: 1952

Queens Road - Hong Kong - Queens Road street scene Date: 1952

Approaching from the air - Hong Kong - Coming into HK was spectacular and breath-taking. We came in on a level with The Peak, so everything was near ships in the harbour, commercial centre

A young Farmers boy taking a pig to market
A young Farmers boy taking a pig (in a basket!) to market on a basic wheelbarrow - Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1904

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

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