Walking party on their way to climb Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong

Walking party on their way to climb Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw27-121

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw27-121. Khaki cloth Eastman Negative Album, 11.5 cm x 9 cm. 164 negatives (sized 2.75 inches x 1.75 inches -:- 64mm x 42mm). The album was later labelled P62/III. George Macdonald Young, Swire’s Hong Kong taipan 1924-1927, is in the back row, second from the left. One of the other men is Creasy. Tai Mo Shan is the mountain behind Kowloon and is the highest peak in Hong Kong. See Sw27-120, Sw27-122, Sw27-123.

Caption in album or on mount

Album cover: ‘P 7/1920 – 4/24’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 76, two negatives: H Kong Taimoshan

Location

Hong Kong

Date

March 1924

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London