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A 3-sheet panorama of Hong Kong from the sea. A Douglas steamship lies at anchor in the middle of the picture. Behind it the new Central Market appears on the shoreline.
A pencil notation indicates D.C. & Co. with an arrow.
Dodwell, Carlill & Co. - George Benjamin Dodwell started working with the trading company of Adamson, Bell & Co. in Shanghai in 1872. At the age of 20 he was running the shipping department. The company dealt in shipping, silk and tea. In 1875 it opened an office in Hong Kong and also started in insurance. By 1884 the company had 8 insurance agencies in Hong Kong. Dodwell was a pioneer of the Pacific steamship service and helped establish The Northern Pacific Steamship Company in 1887.
When Adamson retired in 1886 Dodwell took over the running of the business and in 1891 established Dodwell, Carlill & Co.
The photograph may have been taken by D.K. Griffith in 1896.
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Bard, Solomon Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841 - 1899. In the twentieth century the company of Dodwell & Co. Ltd became one of the leading businesses in Hong Kong. Its Chinese name was "Tien Cheang" or "heavenly prosperity".
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