Asia (continent)
Found in 16212 Collections and/or Records:
A palanquin or ‘palki’, 1873
134 x 100 mm. Laing describes this form of transport on p. 14. (p. 47).
A Palki - Calcutta, 1920 - 1929
Numbered '42' on the bottom left-hand corner.
A panoramic view of Colombo, embracing lake and harbour, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Panorama extending over four joined pages.
A panoramic view of the civic centre of the city, 1960 - 1969
205 x 157 mm. General view (long exposure, taken at dusk) of the area in the vicinity of the Victoria Memorial Hall, seen here with the War memorial obelisk in the left foreground.
A Parsee 'demoiselle', Bombay, 1873
160 x 190 mm. (p. 41).
A phongyee's funeral the place of cremation , 1890 - 1927
A picnic page, 1934
About to slide again. The larger leaves seen in our hands are for sitting on. We are standing in running foam.
A picnic page, 1934
L-R top: Sykes, Sheppard, Tait, Mr Grey, Bottom Mrs Sykes, Mrs Tait at Bankling's Slide.
A picnic page, 1934
The elephants arriving at the slide.
A picnic page, 1934
Starting off for Mengget Unchor. First elephant Sir J Scott (acting Governor) and Sultan of Perak. Second Elephant Lady Scott, A. Caldecott (CSG).
A picnic up-country in Borneo, 1909
Quarter-plate. [Showing group of 8 Europeans sitting on the ground with jungle behind. Women (4) in long white dresses and with hats with two men in white with topees and two more in dark clothes. 12 copies of the print were sent to Mrs Gueritz, Government House, Sandakan, North Borneo on 29.04.09, so maybe her picnic]
A pleasant walk near Srinuggur [Srinagar], 1864
300 x 243 mm. View looking along the back of one of the canals at Srinagar, with a boat on the water, two Indian figures posed in the middleground, and an avenue of poplars at the left. Bourne no. 826.
[A plumbago mine], 1886
132 x 182 mm.
A pottery shop in Nyaung U, 1903 - 1921
A principal street in Hong Kong, 1909
A copy of a half-tone photograph showing business premises in (?) Chater Road.
A private cart, Peking, 1890
Showing a European woman climbing into a small covered cart, with the driver standing beside the horse. The pencilled caption on the negative wrapper reads The lady-friend of Sir Robert Hart starting for a drive in Peking. Sir Robert Hart (1835-1911) was Inspector-General of Chinese Customs 1863-1908.
A productive coconut plantation, 1890 - 1910
147 x 102 mm.
A Punjabi dance, 1982
Owing to its multi-racial nature, Singapore has a diverse culture influenced by its three major ethnic groups - the Chinese, Malays and Indians. Schoolchildren have a choice of learning music and dance as part of their extra-curricular activities.
A quadrangle in the Old Palace, 1905
'A queer Christmas’, 1961
An account of how Coe’s anticipated Christmas celebrations in Tapah were disrupted by a case of assault between two Tamil labourers and a flood the following day.
A quiet bit near Peermund, 1860 - 1869
307 x 185 mm. View of a stretch of river, possibly the Pyarka, in the Nilgiris. Photograph by Samuel Bourne no. 2028.
A quiet 'bit' near the Willow Bund, 1868 - 1869
320 x 193 mm. View from the N shore of the lake looking towards the avenue lined with willow trees which divides the stretch of water into two. The nearer portion of the lake, immediately to the south of the town, was filled in between 1896 and 1899 to become the racecourse. Bourne no. 1980.
A rafting party , 1932 - 1936
Above Tanjung Malim, L-R: Bagot, Mrs Bags, Browne, Hallen, Mark John Kennaway at the start.
A rafting picnic , 1930 - 1936
Above Tanjung Malim. L-R: Mrs Bagot, Sheppard, NJ, Halps the organiser just before the start upstream.
A rafting picnic , 1939 - 1947
Above Tanjung Malim. L-R: Mrs Sheppard, Bagot shooting a rapid.