A throng at No.1 Mortuary Station
I was going through some papers a few weeks ago and happened upon a photocopy of a rather interesting photograph of the No.1 Mortuary Station - take a look at it below - Now that's quite a crowd, almost a throng I'd say. Who attracted such a crowd you ask? Mei Quong Tart - an immigrant who simply bounded over any anti-Asian sentiment of his times - someone to admire! The photograph was taken at his funeral held on the 28th of July 1903 and shows the masses of people who had come to the Necropolis to pay their respects. I find the photograph fascinating in its depiction of the funeral fashion of the times with not a bare head in sight - bowler hats, straw boaters and the few women I can see are wearing hats of the time that were quite large with many adorned with life size replicas of birds. I can also see lots of dark colours and the men of adult age sporting moustaches! The No.1 Mortuary Station was taken apart brick by brick in the 1950s and relocated to...