Old pictures of Macau

[lilylidou]

very beatuiful
I hope I can visit there

[ggaaxx]

Here is an video of Macau in the '60s

[SeeMacau]

looks more like a village than a city

[tatsumaki]

how are things going on in macau nowadayz?~

[SeeMacau]

Originally Posted by tatsumaki

how are things going on in macau nowadayz?~

Everything is changing so rapidly, this is all i can say

[ggaaxx]

In the 80's

[Zephirus]

Originally Posted by Jus

Hi,
I havnt been to this forum for like a year already.. I have got some old pictures of Macau, I would like to share them with you people.

I remember there was a Chinese outdoor restaurant next to it..or somewhere next to Hotel Lisboa..the statue got shipped back to Lisboa in the 90's........


The second one is the central of Macau, I remember I took a picture there while I was sitting on the bench of fountain..im not sure if anyone of you guys can recall the fountain used to look like that..or I was just born too early....

I got some more old pics of Macau..let me put some more on a bit later..
ciao ciao...

Hey I want permission to use this second photo. It is for a powerpoint about the crisis (actually I am Portuguese but that doesn't matter). One of my points is about the 12-3 incident. Since I can't find photos of that. I would like to ask permission to use this photo. I would like also to know how I should refer when referring the source. Thank you so much!

[ArkiLurker]

Do you have a picture of St Paul Cathedral when it was still a church and not just a facade?

[johnny_machine]

Originally Posted by ArkiLurker

Do you have a picture of St Paul Cathedral when it was still a church and not just a facade?

Unfortunatelly photography was first successefully invented in 1822 in France, only thirteen years before the fire in 1835 that collapsed the rest of the Cathedral. It is a big stretch to think some kind of photographic record was made of the whole building, but I highly doubt it and if it did exist, the possibility that it is still stored in an archive or basement somewhere is very slim.

However if a photo like that did show up it would be worth a lot of money!

[ArkiLurker]

Are you sure? How come I have this impression that we have pictures of European cathedrals that date back as early as the 15th century? I guess these structures still stand when photography was invented.

[johnny_machine]

Originally Posted by ArkiLurker

Are you sure? How come I have this impression that we have pictures of European cathedrals that date back as early as the 15th century? I guess these structures still stand when photography was invented.

I believe you saw artistic renditions of those cathedrals, or as you said modern day photos.

However, you can still find drawings and other impressions that were made before the fire. These pictures surface from time to time, some Macanese and Asian-centered organizations in Portugal such as Fundação do Oriente ocasionally find those kind of old rare records and release them to public.
You can also find a lot in expat blogs such as Macau Antigo that publishes some things in English altough the most used language is Portuguese.
(http://macauantigo.blogspot.com/), old site: (http://macauantigo.wordpress.com/)

This is the only drawing I could find, I have seen others but couldn't get around to them:

[memphis835]

Originally Posted by johnny_machine

I believe you saw artistic renditions of those cathedrals, or as you said modern day photos.

However, you can still find drawings and other impressions that were made before the fire. These pictures surface from time to time, some Macanese and Asian-centered organizations in Portugal such as Fundação do Oriente ocasionally find those kind of old rare records and release them to public.
You can also find a lot in expat blogs such as Macau Antigo that publishes some things in English altough the most used language is Portuguese.
(http://macauantigo.blogspot.com/), old site: (http://macauantigo.wordpress.com/)

This is the only drawing I could find, I have seen others but couldn't get around to them:

i used to live in macau in the early 90's so looking at all these pictures really brings back memories for me. keep it up!

[johnny_machine]

Originally Posted by memphis835

i used to live in macau in the early 90's so looking at all these pictures really brings back memories for me. keep it up!

Cheers! I have found a lot of old pictures and some impressions on these blogs. The ones I am going to post are before your stay in Macau, and many of them from the 19th century. The first ones are of Portas do Cerco (Barrier Gates), the historic border between Macau and what was at the time frontier Guangdong.


Portas do Cerco - 1902


Undated take on Portas do Cerco, most likely from the 19th century



Period Postcards


Undated, but very old


Chunambeiro area, southern end of Praia Grande. In those years a collection of farms, country houses and fishing huts. Nowadays all of this area is a landfill well incorporated in the city - 1890


Boa Vista Hotel - 19th Century


Waterfront, by Jules Ithier - 1844


Panoramic of Cidade de Macau, by Jules Itier (1802-1877) - 19th Century
This, along with many other panoramics and pictures taken by travellers, diplomats, merchants and missionaries are stored in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.


Harbour impression by George Chinnery - 1830


Pre-1910 photo of some kind of royal celebration in Macau (Monarchy was abolished in Portugal in 1910, curiously one year before China abolished it's monarch too) Notice the flag that is not the modern flag of Portugal, but the previous royal one.


Guia Hill - 1960


Taipa Village (Vila da Taipa), on the left you can find the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo - 1908


Vila de Coloane, pier bridge - 1960


Ká Ho Village, Coloane - 1970
Coloane in the old days had some villages, combining rural Chinese and Portuguese influences making an interesting contrast with the city of Macau, which was a blend of urban Chinese/Portuguese.


Ká Ho Village - 1960


Coloane Village - Date uknown


Igreja de São Francisco de Xavier - Vila de Coloane
This monument in front of the church of S. Francisco Xavier on Coloane Village celebrates the victory in 1910 over the pirates that occupied the southern end of the island. - 1928


Hospício de São Lázaro - Ilha de D. João (St. Lazarus leper colony - Island of D. João)
This outpost for the treatment of leper was established in the island of D. João, and in the 1940's it moved to Coloane. - Date uknown


Another take on Hospício de São Lázaro - Date uknown


Opium Den - an 19th century impression of Hospedaria On Iok Iun, an Opium Den in Avenida Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou), opium was very popular in Macau, both for trading and as a consumable. Special trade laws were made for Macau, making it a safe zone for smugglers that soon atracted all walks of life, and crime. The Hospedaria was one of the most frequented parlors in the peninsula until opium was banned in 1949.


Opium smokers in Macau - Date Uknown

Opium health warning panphlet - written in Portuguese warning travellers to Saigon about the dangers of consumption. (image too large to post)


Thanks to blogs Macau Antigo; Memória Macau; Caderno do Oriente; Macau Bangkok - O Mar Do Poeta; Projecto Memória Macaense and the Tropical Scientific Investigation Institute (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical) in Lisbon for being the middlemen in the release in many of these pictures.

[Linguine]

very nice old photos of Macau....

[danfro]

Hi everyone!
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to release any more photos / videos of Macau, showing the territory before the rapid expansion of the Casino industry. Anything before 1990 would be ideal.

I grew up in Macau, but left in 2000 when I was 11 years old. My final year thesis for uni is on Macau, and I'd love to get a hold of some old photos to compare with my investigation.

Hope you can help!

D

[pietro-rj]

Hi there. If you haven't seen them yet, check out Michael Rogge's Macau videos on You Tube. They were recorded in the 50's and 60's.

There is also a 100-page book by Harry Redl called "Macao: a picture book" published in 1963. It is a bit rare to find, I understand, but you will still be able to find some photos on the internet. Rogério Luz's blog has a few.

Good luck with your thesis!

[Deco]

Nice!

My dream is to visit all Portuguese former-colonies.

If you want to see old pictures of Bahia (Brazil) to compare, click here.

Hugs!

[johnny_machine]

Macau: Operação Estupefacientes (1965)

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This film was shot entirelly in Macau in 1965 as a documentary commissioned by the portuguese government to showcase the Polícia Judiciária's (PJ) fight against drug trading organizations in Macau.




As curiosities of production were images images of the streets and society of Macau in the 60's, of dangerous police pursuits of narcotrafficers, such as car and bycicle chases, and by very fast escapes on the waters of Ilha Verde, by sampan and by swimming.



Another recorded feature is the first headquarters of the PJ in Macau, where some of the action takes place and the agents and police commissioner talk to the camera.

The school of Polícia Judiciária de Macau has aquired a copy of this documentary in 1993, being so stored under historic testimony in it's documentation centre.

Source (nenotavaiconta)