The Ice House Company's shop, Hong Kong
Collection
Identifier
VH03-05
Copyright
© 2014 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH03-05. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L00381-003b. The Ice House Company, whose shop stood on Queen's Road Central, at the junction with Battery Path and Ice House Street, did not manufacture ice. The ice was harvested from iceburgs by The American Company and shipped to Hong Kong (source: 'Hong Kong - A Rare Photographic Record of the 1860s' by Arthur Hacker).
Caption in album or on mount
ICE HOUSE. (Hongkong.) / 3
Location
Estimated Date
1868
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
