| Title |
Hong Kong, China [003]: Tiger Balm Garden (001) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Special Lectures, Special Lecture, East & South East Asia, 20 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960 |
| Subject |
Gardens--China--Hong Kong--Photographs; Parks--China--Hong Kong--Photographs; Pagodas--China--Hong Kong--Photographs; Hong Kong (China)--Photographs |
| Keywords |
Tiger Balm Garden; Tiger Pagoda; Aw Boon Haw Garden |
| Spatial Coverage |
Hong Kong (China) |
| Description |
Photo shows Tiger Balm Garden in Hong Kong, including the seven-story Tiger Pagoda |
| Caption on Slide |
Tiger Balm Garden Hong Kong. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. "Tiger Balm Garden (虎豹別墅), also called Aw Boon Haw Garden, was located at 15, Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. The garden was adjoining the Haw Par Mansion and its private garden. The Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment[1] in 2004. ... The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935.[4] Opened to the public in the early 1950s, it was one of the first theme parks in Hong Kong."--Wikipedia |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Temporal Coverage |
1947-1990 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6th9440 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
335791 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6th9440 |
