Victoria Memorial Hospital, Barker Road, Hong Kong
Collection
Identifier
NA16-066
Copyright
© Crown copyright 2011
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-066. 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). The Victoria Memorial Hospital, on 15-17 Barker Road, on the Peak, opened on 7 November 1903. It was built between 1897 and 1903 and closed in 1947, after suffering considerable damage during the Second World War. According to the description on Wikimedia Commons the flags on the hospital in this photograph are ‘likely from the opening ceremony’ (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_Hospital_Hong_Kong_1903.jpg). See NA20-53.
Caption in album or on mount
Victoria Memorial Hospital. Gov/45108/03
Related Photographs
Location
Date
1903
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
The National Archives, London
