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143 x 197 mm. Showing a Chinese (?) barber syringing the ears of a fellow countryman.

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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Landscape format. In foreground is Singapore River - nearly all Chinese boats.

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205 x 157 mm. Showing two trishaw (passenger tricycles) parked in a Singapore Street.

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90 x 139 mm. View looking along a row of female assemblers in a television.

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This is a personal record of Hugh Bryson's career in the Malayan Civil Service including observations upon the social life and customs of Malaya's European, Malay and Chinese populations, politics and government, legal affairs, and the Malayan Emergency. It is accompanied by an index.

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Singapore, including its 50-odd offshore islands and islets has a land area of 617.8km. Its population of 2.4 million comprises 77 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Malays, 6 per cent Indians, and 2 per cent of persons of other ethnic groups.

The pace of development has been rapid, especially in the last decade, and the people live in well-designed modern homes with ample educational, recreational and social amenities.

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83 x 133 mm. A view looking along a bay, with jungle reaching down to the edge of the water.

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78 x 130 mm. Showing the dome and part of the façade of an unidentified building in Islamic style.

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73 x 116 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified Chinese man wearing a blazer with a crest possibly identifying him as a member of the Singapore team of the 1952 Olympics. A note on the cardboard mount reads: Went off to Communist China in about 1957.

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157 x 104 mm. Showing an Indian and two Chinese men in conversation at an unidentified function.

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A photograph of the University of Singapore. The University of Malaya was founded in Singapore in 1949 by the amalgamation of Raffles College and the King Edward VII College of Medicine, and a Kuala Lumpur campus followed later. In 1962 the University of Malaya and the University of Singapore were separated. In 1980 the National University of Singapore was created by the amalgamation of the University of Singapore and the Nanyang University. Photograph probably by Ian Maxwell.

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A series of photographs of the University of Singapore. The University of Malaya was founded in Singapore in 1949 by the amalgamation of Raffles College and the King Edward VII College of Medicine, and a Kuala Lumpur campus followed later. In 1962 the University of Malaya and the University of Singapore were separated. In 1980 the National University of Singapore was created by the amalgamation of the University of Singapore and the Nanyang University.

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191 x 138 mm. Showing moored boats, with pots stacked in the compound in the foreground.

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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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207 x 136 mm. Showing front façade of the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, from Empress Place.

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90 x 151 mm. A view looking through an archway towards the tower of the Victoria Memorial Hall, completed in 1905.

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[Showing pond with large water lily leaves and a man standing on the far side of the pond].

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Half-plate. [Showing pond with large water lily leaves].

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89 x 142 mm. General view of main façade.

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89 x 142 mm.

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[View across Chinese boats].

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Landscape format. Fort Canning with lighthouse / Govt House / Museum / Hotel de L' Europe. (Fisher).

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273 x 214 mm. A view framed by trees, taken from the southernmost point of St James and looking south-east across the New Harbour channel towards the Saga Village on Pulau Brani, with Pulau Blakang Mati (Sentosa) in the foreground.

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Landscape format. Looking nearly due south. Dutch Island in the distance. Looking nearly due south / The Master Attendants Office (Harbour Master) / Post Office / Club. In the distance is the Dutch Island : the ornate building on the right of roadway is the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. (Fisher).