c. 1869 The Peak and Hong Kong Harbour - showing the original Peak Road

A spectacular view of Hong Kong in the late 1860s. The path meandering up to the Peak was the Peak Road (now Old Peak Rd). The young city of Victoria is developing. The harbour is broad and busy with a great variety of shipping. Stonecutters' Island shows clearly in the middle of the picture. Only a few buildings appear on the Peak but the Peak Signal Station is visible which was built in 1862.

The land 13 years before the LRC

1886 - Hong Kong harbour from the Peak

2008 marks the 125th anniversary of the Ladies' Recreation Club (LRC) which was established in 1883. One of the earliest views of Hong Kong's first tennis club shows neat terraces on the hill above the city in among a verdant blanket of trees. This photograph was taken in1886.

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1890s - A view of the Mid Levels from Kennedy Road.

Detail of "1890s - A view of the Mid Levels from Kennedy Road."

c. 1890 - View looking West on Mid Levels, Hong Kong

c. late 1880s - Birds Eye View of Hong Kong

1890s -

From the Hong Kong Public Library

View from the Peak looking toward the harbour and the Kowloon hills

Zoom to see the original square Paviliton and its three curved windows facing south..

Detail of the LRC

c.1890