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Queen's Road Central

John Thomson1869/1871

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
Hong Kong

This view is unmistakably of Queen’s Road (then named without the ‘Central’). It was probably taken by John Thomson when he knew the street would be empty, to avoid any movement blurring caused by the slow shutter exposures of the times. Given both the Pedder Street clock tower and the distant slopes, Thomson was looking southeastwards not northwestwards along Queen’s Road. The sedan chair bearer is close to where today the macdonald’s ‘golden arches’ overhang Queen’s Road Central.

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  • Title: Queen's Road Central
  • Creator: John Thomson
  • Date created: 1869/1871
  • Provenance: Wellcome Library
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library

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