Hong Kong in the 1970s underwent many changes that shaped its future, led for most of the decade by its longest-serving and reform-minded Governor, Murray MacLehose. Economically, it reinvented itself from a manufacturing base into a financial centre.
20-year-old Canadian traveler Blake Smith took these beautiful photos of Hong Kong when he visited in December 1975.
20-year-old Canadian traveler Blake Smith took these beautiful photos of Hong Kong when he visited in December 1975.
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| Hong Kong street scenes |
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| Hong Kong street scenes |
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| Hong Kong street scenes |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Hong Kong waterfront |
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| Johnston Road, Wan Chai |
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| Kowloon view from Hong Kong |
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| Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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| Looking across to Hong Kong |
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| Pagoda in Hong Kong |
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| Rickshaw, Hong Kong |
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| Sampan at Cheung Chau |
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| Sampan at Cheung Chau |
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| Sampan, Hong Kong |
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| Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui |
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| Star Ferry, Hong Kong harbor |
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| Cheung Chau (Dumbbell Island), Hong Kong |
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| Cheung Chau (Dumbbell Island), Hong Kong |
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| Cheung Chau sampans |
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| Cheung Chau waterfront |
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| Ferry docked at Cheung Chau (Dumbbell Island), Hong Kong |
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| Funeral set-up in Hong Kong |
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| Hennessy Road , Wan Chai |
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| Hong Kong apartment gardens |
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| Hong Kong frontier with China |
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| Hong Kong frontier with China |
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| Hong Kong harbor |
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| Hong Kong market |
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| Hong Kong outdoor chicken market |
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| Hong Kong street scenes with rickshaws |
