Borneo (island)
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Rubber plantation, near Beaufort, 1909
Landscape format. [Showing distant buildings among trees with large expanse of water in the foreground].
Sabah : Borneo Abaca Ltd. Sheet rubber factory, Tawau, 1965
Photograph by C.D.C.
Sago factory at Membakut, 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Sago drying on maps in the sun: factory behind: in distance sago palms growing.
Salat, 1909-01
Landscape format. A tiny island off Mantanani, west coast B.N.B [i.e. British North Borneo]. [Island covered with trees].
(Same as 4340) [Clearing and hoeing fields for planting], 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [A closer view of men in action with bonfires and the drying shed].
(same as 4373). [General view of two men scraping the sago palm trunk]., 1909
(Same as 4406). [Tapping rubber trees on Sekong Estate], 1909
Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing two people in the dark forest].
Sandakan, 1909
[Showing distant harbour].
Sandakan, 1909
Cliff, and the Bajan- Malay part of the town (west end) on the way to the cutch works. [Town hidden by palm trees to the left with? sentry box to right of road and man standing in front of drying sheets on the grass near the cliffs with caves on the right].
Sandakan, 1909
Landscape format. [Showing? warehouses on stilts over the sea with town and wooded hills behind].
Sandakan from the east above the Fort, 1909
Half-plate (landscape format). N.D.L. steamer Borneo loading timber [left in harbour] Sandakan Town Centre [centre left] Shipping and Engineering works [near left] Chinese Shops [right, with] Govt. Offices, [and] Parsonage and church [behind them, and] Clock Tower [among trees slightly to their left]. (Fisher).
Sarawak Museum, Kuching, 1960s, 1960 - 1969
156 x 105 mm. General view of front façade.
Sarawak. Rural Improvement School, Kanowit, 1940 - 1959
125 x 116 mm. Showing a lesson in pig husbandry taking place under the supervision of a European instructor. The caption on the reverse reads 'Learning about pigs. At the end of their two year course the students are given a pair of pigs which they take home with them to start their own pig farm and to raise the standard of the breed'. It continues, at length, giving a brief history of the school.
[Sarebas Dyak women wearing the Rawai], 1880 - 1889
208 x 269 mm. Group portrait of seven Dyak women from the area of the Sarebas and Rejang Rivers. The rambi or rawai is the corset composed of numerous rattan rings covered in brass. The caption for this print is taken from Roth (1896), vol. 1, page 2. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert and Co.
Scenes in a tobacco field just after picking, 1909
Quarter-plate. [Showing man standing beside tobacco plants, almost twice his size].
Scenes in a tobacco field just after picking, 1909
Quarter-plate. [Showing line of men each carrying two large woven baskets on a yoke advancing from the field with jungle in the background].
Scenes in a tobacco field just after picking, 1909
Quarter-plate. [Showing line of men each carrying two large woven baskets on a yoke advancing from the field with jungle in the background].
Scraping the sago palm trunk with nail studded boards, 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Into a sawdust looking material which is afterwards washed many times. [Showing two men at work under the shade of a thatched roof].
Seedling rubber trees, 1909
Half-plate (landscape format). In front of Managers House, Sekong Estate: one seed planted in each basket, and when 18 inches high whole basket is planted, roots not being disturbed. [Remains of Giant Lalang trees also shown].
Shipway and engineering works, 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Of the China Borneo Company: a small lighter for a tobacco estate just now on the ships: in front is seen the cradle capable of taking ships up to 400 tons.
Sibu, Sarawak, 1960
247 x 171 mm. Aerial view looking over the town of Sibu, with the Rajang River beyond. Sibu is situated in southern Sarawak 115 miles north-east of Kuching.
Simanggang, 1960
250 x 174 mm. View looking along the Lupar River at Simanggang, showing the landing stage and waterfront houses. Simanggang is situated 80 miles east-south-east of Kuching.
Sir Neill Malcolm landing in Jesselton, April 9 1929, 1929-04-09
126 x 75 mm. Showing Sir Neill MALCOLM (1869-1953), President of the Court of Directors of the British North Borneo Co., walking along the pier at Jesselton accompanied by the Governor John Lisseter HUMPHREYS.
Stacking virgin jungle, i.e. piling up trunks for burning, 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note a very large anthill at the back of pictures looking like a standing broken tree trunk.
Stacking virgin jungle, i.e. piling up trunks for burning, 1909
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note a very large anthill at the back of pictures looking like a standing broken tree trunk.