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Photographs of Malaya, 1929 - 1941

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/5

Scope and Contents

The photographs are stored in two boxes:

RCMS 371/5/1 Numbers 1-240
RCMS 371/5/2 Numbers 241-579

1 Alor Star, Jalan Langgar
2 Alor Star, Kedah River
3 Alor Star, Malay Mosque
4 Alor Star, bull fight
5-8 Batang Berjuntai, Sorfui's oil-palm estate
9-16 Batu Cave
17-19 Bentong-Jelebu Road showing bridge
20-21 Berang River
22-28 Bras Mana Island (Thailand) boating scenes
29-31 Bubu Mountain
32-33 Bukit Tinggi
34 Bukit Ketri
35-54 Cameron Highlands landscapes
55-56 Chempedak
57-59 Chenderiang Waterfall
60-86 Fraser's Hill including general store, bungalows, golf course, railway sanatorium and aerial views
87 Ginting Simpak
88-102 Grik Road including views of jungle and trees
103 Gris Rest House
104-17 Gunong Ejan panoramas and river scenes
118- 155 Ipoh including prominent public buildings, street scenes, external and internal views of the Le Flemings' house, the rail yard and cave temples
156 Jelai River at Krambit
157-58 Jerantut ferry, Pahang
159 Johore Bharu, the market
160 Johore River
161-62 Kedah Peak
163- 66 Kelantan (Galas) River
167 Klang, Istana
168-69 Krian, Gunong Semanggo
170-72 Kuala Gris
173-74 Kuala Kangsar, Engkau (Enggor) Bridge under construction
175 Kuala Kangsar, Malay mosque
176-77 Kuala Kangsar, the ferry and bridge
178 Kuala Krai rest house
179 Kuala Kubu, the river
180-209 Kuala Lumpur including government and railway buildings, market scenes, the Le Flemings’ house, temples and mosques
210 Kuala Perlis
211-20 Kuantan Road, trees and jungle
221-32 Langkawi Islands
233 Lubuk Sikaping
234 Lumut (Dindings)
235-38 Malacca
239-45 Pahang River, including ferry
246 Pahoi ferry, Pahang
247 Pangkor
248-56 Pangkor Island
257-63 Penang hill railway
264-300 Penang including temples, mosques, the harbour, beach, botanical gardens, markets, public buildings and street scenes
301-311 Perlis, landscapes
312-15 Port Dixon
316-17 South Gelas
318-49 Singapore including the port, gardens, public buildings, temples, hotels and market scenes
350-67 Taiping including public buildings, gardens and temples
368 Telok Anson
369-72 Tioman Island holiday scenes
372 Ulu Kelantan
373-78 Sakai people
379 Bruas Road
380-83 Cameron Highlands
384 Gua Musang bridge
385 Kuala Gris
386 Kuala Kangsar pontoon bridge
387 Ulu Kenantan
388- 406 Malay houses and villages
407-20 Malay, Chinese and Tamil people
421-39 Sakai people and villages
440-43 rubber plantations
444-52 cocoanut trees and plantations
453-55 rice cultivation
456 bananas
457 papaya tree
457a pineapples
458-61 water buffalos
462-65 bullock carts
466-94 elephants used for ceremony, transport, labour and hunting
495-503 crocodiles
504 iguana
505-09 tigers
510-12 rhinoceroses
513 buffalo
514 monkey
515 snake
516 owl
517 crane
518-26 tin mining
527-32 railways
533 the 'Kedah’ ship
534-37 construction of the Chenderoh dam
538-40 'Arethusa' airplane
544-46 pontoon road bridge
547-76 unidentified landscapes
577-79 Singapore































































































Dates

  • Creation: 1929 - 1941

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

.02 cubic metre(s) (2 archival boxes containing 579 images) : photograph

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2015-04-24 09:19:03+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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