Main Street, Hong Kong

A view along Main Street, Hong Kong, from 1st floor level. The street is lined with 3 storey brick built commercial buildings with balconies at 1st and 2nd floor levels. Locals are carrying goods in baskets suspended from poles and there are a number of Jinrickisha (rickshaws) in the street. The building on the left is advertising Wah Chan, Photographer and Portrait Painter. A building site is on the right.

Object Details

ID: P27661
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Watkins, Engineer Benjamin James
Date made: 1891-1894
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm