Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Unknown Photographer
Title:
View of Kowloon from the Peak Tramway
Date:
c.1890
Medium:
albumen print
Size:
27 x 21 cm
Description:
A dramatic view of Kowloon from the Peak Tramway. The photograph was taken on Kennedy Road looking straight down the tramway towards St John's Cathedral, the cricket pitch, the harbour and Kowloon.
To the left of the picture is the Roman Catholic church of St Joseph's. The Helena May would be built on a site just beyond the church in 1916.
References:
Item Code:
P5829
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