Birth and Early Growth of the City

Early Harbour

1868 01-08-212 Jardine, Matheson & Company's godowns and offices at East Point (at the present Causeway Bay), c. 1868.	1869 01-04-086 Victoria waterfront looking east, Pedder Street on the right, 1869.	1885 01-05-137 Sampan, junks and steam launches off the Victoria waterfront. View west from near the Government Wharf, c. 1885.
1897 08-01-021 Market Junks moored at the Victoria Praya, 1897. (Diamond Jubilee Pictures 1837-1897)	1910 01-12-316 Hong Kong Harbour viewed from the Peak, c. 1910.	1924 01-16-438 Victoria Harbour, c. 1924.
1930 01-17-463 View of Victoria from Kowloon Peninsula, c. 1930.

City Scenes

1868 01-07-188 Botanical Garden (renamed Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in 1975) viewed from the Albany, c. 1868.	01-13-352 Botanical Gardens (renamed Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in 1975).	1887 01-20-587 City Hall, with Queen's Road in the foreground, 1887.
1890 01-02-041 Pedder Street Clock Tower. Hong Kong Hotel behind and the entrance to Pedder Street on the left, c.a. 1890.	1890 01-17-462 D'Aguilar Street, c. 1890.	1897 08-01-048 Chinese decorations for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen's Victoria, 1897. (Diamond Jubilee Pictures 1837-1897)
1897 08-01-016 Queen's College, 1897. (Diamond Jubilee Pictures 1837-1897)	1910 01-12-314 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Queen's Road Central, c. 1910.	1910 01-13-356 A tram in Des Voeux Road passing the Central Market, c. 1910.
c.1924 08-18-007 Corner of Hankow Road and Middle Road, with the Signal Tower at Blackhead Point in the background, c.1924.	1925 HKRS365-1-180-1 North Point Power Station, 1925.	1926 03-04-099 View of the Kowloon Tong Garden City and King Edward Avenue taken from the site of the Diocesan Boys School, 29 December 1926.
1927 03-05-130 Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. at Hung Hom, c. 1927.	1928 08-25-197 King George V's Birthday Parade, at Connaught Road Central. Queen's Pier at the top, 1928.	Early 1930s 03-06-156 Prince Edward Road, early 1930's. The St. Tersea Church was visible.
1930s 01-23-689 Hennessy Road No. 39 in the 1930's.	1937 08-16-032 View of the main building of the University of Hong Kong from Bonham Road, 1937.

Government in the Pre-war period

1874 01-03-058 Harbour Master’s Office at Wing Lok Street, 1874.	1897 08-01-006 Government House, 1897. (Diamond Jubilee Pictures 1837-1897)	1900 06-10-303 H.E. Li Hung-chang and Governor Sir Henry Arthur Blake at Government House in July 1900.
1902-1911 07-02-040 Sir Francis Henry May, Colonial Secretary, (Governor 1912-1919) 1902-1911.	1913 08-19B-108 Sir Henry May and staff at Government House, 1913.	1900 HKRS365-1-150-1 Chinese policemen, c.1900.
1924 08-30-008 Supreme Court and Queen Victoria's Statue, 1924. (Picturesque Hong Kong)	1939-1948 HKRS1-1-1 Public seal of the Hong Kong Government, 1939 - 1948

Expatriate Community

1868 01-08-214 Jardine's Garden and House at East Point (at the present Causeway Bay), c. 1868.	1870 06-07-163 Picnic party of Europeans and non-Chinese friends, 1870.	1879 06-02-034 The cast of a production of a performance in the Theatre Royal of the Old City Hall on 13 February 1879.
1903 01-24-729 Hong Kong Club, 1903.	1910 02-04-071 Houses in the Peak District, viewed from Mt. Kellett. Gough Hill in the background, c. 1910.	1928 07-03-064 Participants of a wedding outside the St. John's Cathedral, 1928.
1939 07-03-051 American Tennis Party at Hong Kong Cricket Club, October 1939.

Chinese Community

1868 01-08-216 Chinese village near East Point (at the present Causeway Bay), c. 1868.	1868 01-08-217 Lin Fa Kung Temple at Black Rock, Causeway Bay, c. 1868.	1868 01-08-205 Man Mo Temple, Hollywood Road, c. 1868.
1883 01-05-129 Rickshaws on the praya in front of the City Hall. 1883.	1900 07-01-019 Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital at the opening of the new hospital and Po Leung Kuk premises, 1900.	1905 07-02-021 Committee of the Po Leung Kuk, c. 1905.
1919 08-19D-385 Cheung Chau village and Harbour, 1919.	1912-1919 08-13-064 Coolie in a straw rain cape, 1912-1919.	1920 05-03-052 Coolies, 1920.
1920s 05-03-055 Fruit hawker, 1920's.	06-03-064 Sikh police constables with a prisoner in the stocks.	1927 08-25-163 Street at Tai Po Market, 1927.
c.1930-1933 08-29-041 Hau Wong Temple near the Kowloon Walled City, c.1930-1933.	1938 01-20-555 Tai Hang with Tiger Balm Garden (with pagoda) in the middle, Hong Kong, c. 1938.