On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, fear of a possible attack on the colony led to an exodus of 60,000 Chinese. However, Hong Kong during World War I saw no direct military action, and Hong Kong's population continued to boom in the following decades from 530,000 in 1916 to 725,000 in 1925.
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| Hong Kong around 1910 |
Nonetheless, the city served as an important port in East Asia, including as the headquarters of the British China Station, and saw significant socioeconomical changes during the war.
These photos are from a folder of postcards from the Kien family archives that captured everyday life of Hong Kong around 1910.
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| A group of Chinese ladies with small feet |
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| A group of street coolies |
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| A Chinese burial |
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| Bowrington Canal, Hong Kong |
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| Caine Road, Hong Kong |
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| Canton steamer's wharf, Hong Kong |
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| Causeway Bay with Kennedy's stable, Hong Kong |
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| Central Part of Hong Kong |
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| Chinese actors, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese boys eating on the Hill-Side, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese cargo junk in full sail, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese coolies chow-chow |
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| Chinese narrow street in Old Kowloon City |
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| Chinese narrow street in Old Kowloon City |
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| Chinese nurse is carrying a child by slinging him on her back, leaving her two hands free for work |
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| Chinese pipe and opium smokers, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese playing at Fantan, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese school in Hong Kong |
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| Chinese sweet-meat sellers, Hong Kong |
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| Chinese taking their meal. What they call in Chinese chow-chow |
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| Chinese wedding procession, Hong Kong |
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| City Hall Square, Hong Kong |
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| Des 'Veoux Road Central, Hong Kong |
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| Des 'Veoux Road showing Central Market, Hong Kong |
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| Des 'Veoux Road, Hong Kong |
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| Des 'Voeux Road and electric car, sailor's home and St. Peter's Church |
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| Greetings from Hong Kong Chinese fortune teller |
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| Hong Kong China Town |
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| Hong Kong prisoners in stocks |
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| Jubilee Road, Hong Kong |
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| Kennedy Road and Peak Tramway, Hong Kong |
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| Kowloon City, Hong Kong |
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| Life on board Chinese sampan, 3 generations |
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| Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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| Praya Central, showing how Chinese child is carrying another child, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Road East, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Road Near Central Market, Hong Kong |
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| Queen's Statue, Hong Kong |
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| Queen’s Road Central and Hongkong and Shanghai Bank |
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| Sedan-chair and rickshaw |
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| St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong |
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| Stone steps of Pottinger Street, Hong Kong |
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| Tailor girls in street |
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| The hearse of a rich Chinaman, the procession marches along all the streets before they reache the cemetary |
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| The naval yard, Hong Kong |
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| Travelling in sedan chair, Hong Kong |
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| View of Kong Kong and Kowloon |
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| View of Peak Tramway, Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon |
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| View of the city and harbour between Hong Kong and Kowloon |
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| Wanchai Road, Hong Kong |
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| Warriors of the Ming Dynasty 16th century, Hong Kong |
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| Wyndham Street, where flowers are sold |
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