Sujet

Resettlement blocks in Kowloon

Légende

Hong Kong, Resettlement blocks in KowloonChildren play in a fenced park surrounded by multi-storey resettlement blocks. Blocks like these were built all over Kowloon by the British government to re-house 70,000 people after fire destroyed an overcrowded squatter settlement in 1953. Original Manuscript Caption: One of the many resettlement blocks in Kowloon. But in spite of these buildings, there are rarely less than seven people to each room, 1963. 2005/010/1/11/43.

Date

01 févr. 1963

Crédit

Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20A05_202

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38,5Mo (3,2Mo) / 34,9cm x 27,6cm / 4123 x 3261 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Hong Kong Resettlement blocks in KowloonChildren play in a fenced park surrounded by multi-storey resettlement blocks Blocks like these were built all over Kowloon by the British government to re-house 70 000 people after fire destroyed an overcrowded squatter settlement in 1953 Original Manuscript Caption: One of the many resettlement blocks in Kowloon But in spite of these buildings there are rarely less than seven people to each room 1963