Singapore (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Centenary, Singapore, 1919, 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/55
Scope and Contents
112 x 150 mm. Showing the crowd gathered outside the Victoria Memorial Hall on February 6 1919 for the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the settlement. To celebrate the occasion Raffles statue was moved from its original location on the Padang and placed, together with an inscribed tablet, in front of the hall. The unveiling was performed by Sir Arthur Young (Governor of the Straits Settlements 1911-1919) who can be seen reading the address near the base of the...
Dates:
1919
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).
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Chinese Chamber of Commerce from west. Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/65
Scope and Contents
136 x 83 mm. Showing the decorated arch of welcome built by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in honour of the Princes visit.
Dates:
1922
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).
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Chinese street, Singapore, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/48
Scope and Contents
77 x 95 mm. A snapshot looking along a Chinese street in Singapore, with a rickshaw in the foreground.
Dates:
1920
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).
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Europe Hotel, Singapore, 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/64
Scope and Contents
141 x 84 mm. Showing the Grand Hotel de l'Europe emblazoned along its length with the legend God Bless the Prince of Wales. Situated on the Esplanade near the Victoria Memorial Hall (part of which is visible at the left of the print), the hotel was established in 1857 and occupied the same site until the building was demolished in 1936. (Makepeace, ii, 197 and Tyers, p. 89). But see Turnbull (1975, p. 47) who dates the naming of the hotel somewhat later.
Dates:
1922
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).
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Japanese arch, Prince of Wales visit, (probably) Singapore, 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/67
Scope and Contents
141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.
Dates:
1922
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).
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Klings' Arch, Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/66
Scope and Contents
141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.
Dates:
1922
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).
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Malay house, Fairy Point, Changie, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/54
Scope and Contents
80 x 105 mm. Showing a thatched Malay house, raised on stilts and set among palms, with figures in the foreground splitting coconuts
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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).
Item
Malay racing boat, Singapore, 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/45
Scope and Contents
108 x 139 mm. Showing a Malay yacht under full sail off Singapore.
Dates:
1920
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).
Fonds
Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises some 1400 prints, chiefly gathered by the BAM. When acquired by the RCS, the collection was arranged for the most part geographically by state, with handlists outlining the scope of the material. Exceptions to this arrangement were some of the individual collections in the form of albums, and a few commercially produced items. This arrangement has been largely adhered to in BAM 1-6 which progresses from Singapore and the Straits Settlements to the individual Malay...
Dates:
1880 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Possibly near Changi, Singapore, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/52
Scope and Contents
101 x 152 mm. A view looking along a road with a Malay man and several children watching the photographer, and with houses and coconut palms in the background.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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).
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Possibly near Changi, Singapore, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/53
Scope and Contents
148 x 100 mm. General view of a Malay Campong.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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).
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Prince of Wales, Singapore, 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/63
Scope and Contents
168 x 94 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales approaching the Governor, Sir Laurence GUILLEMARD (obscured behind aide) and other officials in Empress Place. In front of the Prince stands the Rt. Revd. Charles James [i.e. Robert] FERGUSON-DAVIE (1872-1963), Bishop of Singapore 1901-1927 and at the end of the procession is Sir Walter Sidney SHAW (1863-1937), Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements 1921-1925.
Dates:
1922
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).
Item
Reception of Prince of Wales in Singapore, [March 31] 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/62
Scope and Contents
127 x 78 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales being greeted in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall on his arrival at Singapore: The most noteworthy event of the year was the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Colony. The weather was perfect and the Prince received a most enthusiastic and sincere welcome from all classes of the community. All the races of Asia meet in Singapore and one and all joined in adorning the city for the visit. The Chinese, Indian, Ceylonese,...
Dates:
1922
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).
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? Singapore, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/81
Scope and Contents
144 x 103 mm. Showing a European group in riding clothes standing among palm trees. None of the figures is identified. Exact location and event unidentified.
Dates:
1910
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).
Item
Singapore River, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/44
Scope and Contents
94 x 68 mm. A snapshot taken from the Boat Quay looking down river towards the sea with sampans moored in the foreground.
Dates:
1920
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).
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Straits born Chinese arch, Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/68
Scope and Contents
141 x 83 mm. A view looking along the waterfront (? On Collyer Quay) towards the Chinese Arch of Welcome.
Dates:
1922
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).