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Hong Kong

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 22 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 22.2500 decimal degrees Long: 114 10 00 E degrees minutes Long: 114.1667 decimal degrees

Note: Human habitation of area dates to Neolithic Age; influenced by North Chinese cultures, particularly Lungshan; inhabited by fishermen and pirates at time of British acquisition in the 19th century; ceded to Britain as a result of the first Opium War (1839-1842); official languages are Chinese and English.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Ada Lum, receipt, 1960-10-24

 Item
Identifier: 2020.5.35
Overview

Receipt for two monks bags from Ada Lum, Hong Kong.

Dates: 1960-10-24

Dynasty Salon, receipt, 1960-10-27

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Identifier: 2020.5.40
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Receipt and sales memo for robes from Dynasty Salon, Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Dates: 1960-10-27

Georgia O'Keeffe to Anita O'Keeffe Young, postcard, 1960-10-29

 Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: 2016.6.57
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Postcard of Queen's Road, Cosmopolitan Shopping Center in Hong Kong.

Dates: 1960-10-29

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1961-08-16

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-311
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1961-08-16

Mode Elegante, receipt, 1960-10-28

 Item
Identifier: 2020.5.39
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Receipt for a tweed coat and two silk coats from Mode Elegante, Expert Ladies Tailor, Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Dates: 1960-10-28