Lanterns and decorations in Queen’s Road, Hong Kong

Lanterns and decorations in Queen’s Road, Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-002

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-002. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). Photograph by John Thomson. The building in the foreground is the Victoria Exchange, and next to it is Chas. J. Gaupp & Co., Watch Makers & Jewellers. The lanterns and decorations were to celebrate the visit to Hong Kong of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. For more on Chas. J. Gaupp & Co., see: https://industrialhistoryhk.org/gaupp-company/. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 18644i).

Caption in album or on mount

Illuminations 1 November - Queens Road Looking West –

Caption on photograph

2 / Thomson

Location

Hong Kong

Date

Monday 1 November 1869

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London

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