About this collection
William Pryor Floyd was a prolific British photographer with a passion for travel. He made his way to Shanghai in 1865 – the year of HSBC’s founding. After a year working in the city, he moved to Macau to establish his own studio along the Praya Grande. He soon relocated to Hong Kong and established another studio, W P Floyd and Co., at 62 Queen's Road Central. His surviving works are a valuable historical record of the topography of Hong Kong, China and Japan. We are fortunate to have a copy of his 1873 album in our archive collection. Here’s a selection of photographs to enjoy from Macau, Canton (Guangzhou) and Japan, with Floyd's original captions.
![Photograph of Whampoa Pagoda [Pazhou Pagoda or Pa Chow Pagoda], Canton (Guangzhou), China](https://history.hsbc.com/img/cd13f490810d6fa1f047679ee9570c163e2d1f80dafe0cb2e022d5fd13db3917/b898e0d6bc4122b7e3176db83e3ddafc0f05e62e7777ed17278d71b2f2c80adb "Photograph of Whampoa Pagoda [Pazhou Pagoda or Pa Chow Pagoda], Canton (Guangzhou), China")
