Singapore (nation)
Found in 456 Collections and/or Records:
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Singapore, 1890 - 1899
269 x 204 mm.
Horse Garry [i.e. Gharry], Singapore, 1936
78 x 54 mm. Showing a horse gharry parked on the Singapore waterfront.
In a Buddhist temple, 1910 - 1929
143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese priest standing beside a metal (? incense) bowl.
In Singapore Harbour, 1904 - 1910
River scene with a settlement and wooded hills in the distance. Precise location unidentified, but possibly showing Keppel or New Harbour.
India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore
An album of albumen prints probably taken in the 1880s by varied photographers including Bourne and Shepherd, W L H Skeen and Co. and G.R. Lambert & Co. Numbers 1-39 are of India; 40-51 of Ceylon; and 52-59 of Singapore. Numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to the photographers' catalogue numbers.
[Indian couple], 1936
54 x 79 mm. Showing a young Indian man and woman seated beneath the decorated canopy seen in the preceding two prints. The occasion appears to be a marriage ceremony.
Indian temple, Singapore, 1924
152 x 100mm. A view looking along South Bridge Road, with the gopuram of the Sri Mariamman Temple in the foreground.
Inter-University Council Collection
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Inter-University Council Slides
[Interior of Chinese temple, Singapore], 1936
90 x 149 mm. A view looking across a room towards a wall crowded with images of Buddha, with two rows of low seats in the foreground.
Interior of the Church of Good Shepherd, Singapore, 1930 - 1939
120 x 80 mm. A view looking along the aisle of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore's Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1843 and 1846.
Interior view of the fully-computerised control tower, 1982
Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.
Istana Tyersall, Palace of the Sulatan of Johor in Singapore, 1907
200 x 149 mm. General view of path leading through ornamental gardens.
Japanese arch, Prince of Wales visit, (probably) Singapore, 1922, 1922
141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.
'Japan's uneasy hold on Malaya', 1942-11-07 - 1943-01-23
This is the cutting of a newspaper article from the 'Daily Telegraph', 7 Nov. 1942, accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of British Malaya, suggesting that its source, Harry Knight, might be contacted to help identify people who went missing following the Japanese invasion. The file also contains a note about the continued publication of Malayan newspapers under the Japanese (3 sheets).
Jean Batten on her record flight to New Zealand just landed at Singapore, 1936
143 x 92 mm. Showing Jean Batten (indistinct) seated in the cockpit of her aeroplane, with European spectators in the foreground. Jean Batten (b 1909) made her solo flight from England to New Zealand in 11 days in October 1936.
Johnstons Pier, Singapore, 1880 - 1889
265 x 210 mm. A view from the quay side looking over the pier towards the shipping at anchor in the Singapore Roads. Erected around 1854 and named after the merchant Alexander Laurie Johnston, the pier was demolished in 1933 on completion of the Clifford Pier.
Johore [i.e. Johor], Singapore, 1937 - 1938
Film negatives of mostly trees and foliage.
Jurong Industrial Port handles bulk cargoes and has 10 berths totalling 1,792m marginal wharves, 1982
Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.
Just a snack, 1910 - 1929
143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated in the street on a wooden stool and eating with chopsticks from a bowl.
Kirain , 1932 - 1936
A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.
Kirain , 1932 - 1936
A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.
Kling Temple, 1907
140 x 99 mm. View of the Sri Mariaman Temple in South Bridge Road.
Klings' Arch, Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922
141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.
Lady Swettenham collection (Malaya and Jamaica)
Photographs by various photographers and three other items. They relate to the career of James Alexander Swettenham, who, after serving in Ceylon and Cyprus, became Colonial Secretary in Singapore in 1895. He was Governor of British Guyana 1901-1904 and of Jamaica 1904-1907. His period in Singapore coincided with the service in Malaya of his more famous brother, Sir Frank Swettenham. Their father was James Oldham Swettenham, Solicitor of Belper.