Caption

View of Happy Valley, the Hong Kong horse racetrack, album page, photograph, Part of Album with 50 photos of a trip through Southeast Asia., Hong Kong, c. 1860 - c. 1900, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 207 mm x width 291 mm, horse-racing, race-track, A wide, oval racetrack sits in the foreground surrounded by a low fence, with crowds gathered along its inner and outer edges and scattered tents and small structures on the infield; beyond the track a narrow road and a line of low buildings run along the base of a valley, and the scene is framed by steep, tree-covered hills rising on both sides into higher, rounded mountain ridges under a pale sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_117

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Rights managed

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46.2Mb (9.1Mb) / 16.0in x 11.2in / 4788 x 3371 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Happy Valley Hong Kong horse racetrack album page photograph Part Album 50 photos trip Southeast Asia Hong Kong c 1860 - c 1900 photographer paper albumen print height 207 mm x width 291 mm horse-racing race-track wide oval racetrack sits foreground surrounded low fence crowds gathered inner outer edges scattered tents small structures infield beyond track narrow road line low buildings run base valley scene framed steep tree-covered hills rising sides higher rounded mountain ridges under pale sky