Drinks on the veranda, No. 3 Shek O, Hong Kong, 1940, including C.C. Roberts
Collection
Identifier
Sw32-046
Copyright
© John Swire & Sons Ltd
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw32-046. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 9.5 cm. 210 negatives sized 1.5 inches x 1.25 inches -:- 40mm x 30mm. The album was later labelled P62/IX. The man nearest to the camera with a glass in his right hand is C.C. Roberts (Charles Collingwood Roberts, usually known as “CC”), who was soon to accept what turned out to be a poisoned chalice, as Swire’s Taipan in Hong Kong, and spend the war interned at Stanley.
Caption in album or on mount
Album cover: ‘U Home 1-100 May 1939 – Aug 1947’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 27, three negatives: H Kong Sheko Aug
Location
Date
August 1940
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
