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151 x 90 mm. Showing six fishermen rowing a sampan.

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Because of its economic sophistication, Singaporeans are engaged in a variety of occupations. The emphasis now is on high-technology, precision and computer skills.

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200 x 191 mm. Showing an unidentified figure arranging an order around the neck of Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew.

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141 x 186 mm. Showing Lee Kwan Yew presiding over preparatory talks up to postures to be taken by Singapore at the forthcoming Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.

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A collection of 35mm transparencies. Used in the Commonwealth in Focus exhibition, a continuous slide show was prepared to portray contemporary aspects of the countries of the Commonwealth. Eight of these slides were copied for use in the show.

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138 x 82 mm. Showing lightning flashing in a stormy sky, with trees silhouetted in the foreground.

Scope and Contents The photographs, by various photographers, cover a number of subjects. 1-58 are Singapore scenes, including some photographs of family and friends, and have been catalogued to item level; 59-113 relate chiefly to Lillian Newton's career as dancer and teacher; 85-104, mounted on cards presumably for display, show costumes and scenes from her dancing school. 114-117 are miscellaneous portraits, and 118-129 are photographs mounted on sheets of paper (illustrations cut from papers, etc. have...

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292 x 195 mm. Showing dancers costumed as lions in the National Day Parade.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

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140 x 90 mm. A view looking down river, with barges moored at the Boat Quay in the foreground.

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142 x 100 mm. Showing mail steamer docked at Singapore.

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141 x 94 mm. View from wharf of departing steamer.

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285 x 236 mm. A group photograph of the two rugby teams. Identified on the reverse are: CURTIS (A.D.O. Alor Gajah); D.E. LANDER; MURPHY (Asst. Headmaster, High School); J.G. BLACK; Bill SYKES; Badger; Edinburgh; S.E. KING (Cadet); Cecil SMITH; VENABLES; REFERN; Charles SALTER; B.E. ABLITT; GORDON-BROWN; W. PENRICE; J. HUSBAND (Govt. Engineer, late of Yasin); P.A.B. MCKERRON (now D.O., Jusin); STEWART.

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269 x 188 mm. Showing a Malay gamelong orchestra with their instruments.

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274 x 214 mm. Showing two European men and a child standing in front of a wooden thatched house raised on stilts in a setting of coconut palms. Exact location unidentified.

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80 x 105 mm. Showing a thatched Malay house, raised on stilts and set among palms, with figures in the foreground splitting coconuts

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142 x 100 mm.

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A portfolio containing photogravure reproductions on 57 sheets, plus title leaf and map. The series contains views showing general scenery, towns, agriculture and industry in British Malaya, and breaks down into geographical locations: Singapore 1-35; Penang 36-50; F.M.S 51-137; Sumatra 138. The captions printed under the photographs have been copied including some eccentric spelling.

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108 x 139 mm. Showing a Malay yacht under full sail off Singapore.

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198 x 244 mm. A full length seated studio portrait of a smiling Malay boy wearing the traditional baju (collarless tunic), kain (sarong) and songkok (black velvet hat).

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274 x 207 mm. A view on the Rochore River north of the town, with boats in the foreground and a settlement of houses raised on stilts above the water on the farther bank.

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Postcards showing views in Malaya.

Scope and Contents An album, with letterpress text, containing 24 captioned prints measuring approximately 150 x 100 mm. These have been numbered in ink 1 to 25, and no. 8 is missing. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The photographs show views in the Straits Settlements, with a number of portraits of Sakai people. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are...

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Coloured oilette postcards of Malaya by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd. marked 'Series II', but not separately numbered.

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203 x 150 mm. A view looking down onto the Singapore cricket pitch with the game in progress. With the harbour in the background.