本書由香港歷史博物館編製,展示了大量香港島自1842年開埠以來的歷史照片。港島北部一帶,包括中環、上環及灣仔區等均為其最早發展的地段。本書所輯錄的照片為香港早期殖民歷史研究提供了珍貴的第一手資料。
This book is a photo album, edited and published by the Hong Kong Museum of History, showing the development of Hong Kong Island since it was occupied by the British in 1841. With selected historical photographs from the Museum's collection, it introduces the growth of the Western District, Sheung Wan, Central, Wanchai, Causeway Bay and the Mid-levels prior to the Second World War, providing a rich source for research in the early history of colonial Hong Kong.