Hong Kong, children gathered between buildings in Shek Kip Mei squatter village
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- Created Date
- Not before 1953
- Description
Hong Kong: Police
People from mainland China sought refuge in Hong Kong in the early 1950s, increasing the number of squatter villages. A fire destroyed the squatter village Shek Kip Mei in 1953 and the public housing, Shek Kip Mei Estates, was built for the homeless.
Public Housing Development (2012). Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved from http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/about-us/public-housing-heritage/public-housing-development/index.html
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Forman Safety Negatives, Box 3
- Creator
Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Harrison Forman Collection - Hong Kong
Harrison Forman Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Location
- Asia
East Asia
China
Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity)
Kowloon and New Kowloon (area)
New Kowloon
Kowloon Peninsula (peninsula) - Type
- image
- Format
- Safety film negatives
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Hong Kong, children gathered between buildings in Shek Kip Mei squatter village. Not before 1953. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/23295. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978, (Not before 1953) Hong Kong, children gathered between buildings in Shek Kip Mei squatter village. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/23295
- MLA citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/23295>.