1970s Hong Kong Peak Tower Tram Terminus Datsun Taxi Victoria Peak 333 Postcard

Title
1970s Hong Kong Peak Tower Tram Terminus Datsun Taxi Victoria Peak Building China 333 Postcard

Front Description
A colour view of the original Peak Tower at the upper terminus of the Peak Tram on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island. The distinctive 1970s building dominates the scene: an unusual futuristic structure with a broad, drum-shaped upper body of stacked curved floors and ribbon windows, flared out like an inverted cone and topped by two boxy penthouse blocks, sitting on a lower white podium building that houses the tram station (the words “Peak Tower” are visible on the podium). In the foreground is the terminus forecourt busy with 1970s traffic and people: a red Datsun taxi with a roof “TAXI” sign and a “TAXI 5 SEATS” badge is parked prominently at centre, with another maroon saloon car at right, a cream single-deck bus and further buses and cars beyond, and groups of tourists and visitors — several in bright red 1970s clothing — standing and walking about. A red-roofed pavilion and green wooded hillside rise at left, with the green flank of the Peak behind under a blue sky with white clouds. The saturated colour, period vehicles and fashions are characteristic of a 1970s photochrome tourist postcard.

Back Description
333. Peak Tower, Hong Kong

太平山頂的纜車總站一爐峯大廈

ケーブルカ山頂駅

POST CARD FROM HONG KONG

PLACE STAMP HERE

PHOTO BY S. C. MOY PUBLISHED BY PAUL PHOTOGRAPHIC CO., TEL. 3-675340

PRINTED BY CHEONG HING PRINTING CO., LTD. HONG KONG

333

The card is unposted, with no stamp, postmark or message written by a sender. There is noticeable foxing/toning across the back.

Estimated Era
Approximately 1972–1980. The subject is the original Peak Tower, the distinctive Peak Tram upper terminus building completed in 1972 (and later demolished and replaced in the 1990s), so the card cannot predate 1972. The forecourt shows early-1970s Datsun taxis and saloon cars and visitors in 1970s fashions. The back is of the later Paul Photographic Co. style, with the blue “POST CARD FROM HONG KONG” heading, a single telephone number (TEL. 3-675340) instead of the “P.O. Box 8844 Mongkok” address, an added Japanese caption, and the number “333” repeated at the foot — all consistent with a 1970s issue.

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