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William Pryor Floyd

Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong)

1866–73
albumen print

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Praya, a term used in colonial Hong Kong for the road by the waterfront, came from the Portuguese word praia , which means "beach."

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