Holland-China Trading Company Hong Kong office, 16 Des Voeux Road Central, 1918

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff.

The office also housed the Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank. A 1908 photo by Arnold Wright (1858-1941) is part of Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tcitp_d127_nederlandsch_i...

1256 N.V. Internationale Crediet- en Handelsvereniging Rotterdam/C.V. en N.V. Wm H. Muller & Co. (Internatio-Muller N.V.) 1402 Foto album van kantoren in China.

courtesy Stadsarchief Rotterdam, www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl

Taken in: 香港 / 中西區 (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1918

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/5.0, 1/50 sec, 39mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	39mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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