Album of 22 black and white (silver print) photographs each measuring 6cm x 8.5cm laid down on 15 black leaves, watered silk boards with black cord tie. Album measures 13.5cm x 20.9cm. Very good condition.
This album depicts the much loved Aw Boon Haw and his family began the gardens in 1935 but they were not open to the pubic until the 1950s. Although the gardens experienced a number of changes during their life they stayed in exist3nce until the land was sold to a developer by the heir to the property Sally Aw Sian. Fortunately the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office was able to negotiate with the developer to preserve the house and to salvage many of the murals and statues. Although the Aw Boon Haw Gardens are now gone this album is a record of this place of significance to many Hong Kong residents.