Ventage Tiger Balm Garden Commercial Slides cir 1955 in Sacramento, California For Sale

View images at: Ventage Tiger Balm Garden Commercial Slides cir xxxx
20 Mounted Color Transparencies
Box Reference Number (1)
Each Slide is labled and numbered.
Made By LOTIN
Includes the orginal box the slides were sold in,
The box has "PLEASE NOTE THE TRADE MARK" printed on it.
Great for a collector
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We can meet in front of RiteAid in Rosemont Square.
xxxx Kiefer Blvd.
Sacramento, CA xxxx6
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History of Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in xxxx. Opened to the public in the early xxxxs, it was one of the first theme parks in Hong Kong.[citation needed In xxxx, the garden was converted into the "Haw Par Villa" amusement park. Many of the sculptures were replaced by rides at that time, and were later replaced again by the old statues.
In xxxx the heir to the property, Sally Aw Sian, sold the entire Garden complex to the land development company Cheung Kong for redevelopment. The Hong Kong Government reached an agreement with Cheung Kong that, as part of the redevelopment, the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was to preserve and restore the Haw Par Mansion itself together with its private garden as a museum.
When the Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment in xxxx, many of the garden's murals and statues were salvaged by the AMO. The site of the Garden is now occupied by the residential development The Legend at Jardine's Lookout. Occupancy of the residence started in the first quarter of xxxx