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141 x 102 mm. View looking across the bay towards the works.

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116 x 165 mm. Showing an operator at the console in the control room. The caption on the reverse reads 'A Control Room - the broadcaster can be seen in the studio at the microphone'.

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139 x 97 mm. View of the buildings (opened in 1887) at the junction of Stamford and Orchard Roads.

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91 x 139 mm. View looking along the length of Raffles Place, with the public gardens in the centre of the square (beneath which is an underground car-park).

Scope and Contents 273 x 214 mm. A view looking along one side of Raffles Square showing the premises of John Little and Co., with rickshaws and hack gharries in the roadway in front of the store. Francis Martin established a business in Singapore in 1842 which became Little, Cursetjee and Co., in 1845. Cursetjee left the partnership in 1853 and it was continued thereafter by J.M. and Matthew Little. From that date the company occupied the same site in the square, from the original modest building (for an...

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277 x 208 mm. A view looking along the square with the premises of John Little and Co. at the right. At the far end of the square can be seen the shop of Geok Teat and Co. who, Makepeace (ed, 1921, ii, p. 197) says: have been in business since 1868, according to one directory. But that of 1868 mentions Locke Hong Ghee and Co. (late Geok Teat and Co) as having been established in 1863. Tay Geok Teat ruled for many years, and died quite recently.

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151 x 90 mm. A view looking across the sports field, with the Straits of Johore in the background.

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148 x 108 mm. Showing a group of members at the re-opening of the Club after the war. Identified on the reverse are G.V. ALLEN; O.W. GILMOUR; P.A.B. McKERRON; John BAGNALL; BATEMAN. Photograph by Public Relations Office, Singapore.

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,...

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195 x 139 mm. Showing a Chinese woman and two Indian men eating at a street stall.

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Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.

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Copy of the report which was published in 1950 along with submissions and correspondence regarding it from former Inspector Generals of Police, H. Fairburn, R. Onraet, C.I. Sansom, A.H. Dickinson and E. Bagot, Deputy Commissioner B.M.B. O’Connell, Chief Police Officer L.F. Knight, Secretary of State for the Colonies A. Creech Jones, Lord Milverton, Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, Sir Abu Bakar, Sultan of Pahang, A.S. Haynes and Shenton Thomas.

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111 x 146 mm. Showing Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952, and P.A.B. McKerron, Colonial Secretary, standing beneath the Raffles statue in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall during the reinstatement ceremony in 1947.

Scope and Contents Album with panel on cover with title, originally containing 20 photographs of ten libraries but with 7 missing. The following list of libraries represented gives the number of photographs now in the album, with the original number in brackets:Hong Kong 1 (2)Khartoum 1 (2)Malaya (Singapore) 2 (2)Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) 2 (2)Ghana 0 (2)Ibadan 1 (2)Makerere 0 (2)Rhodesia and Nyasaland 2 (2)West Indies 2...

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274 x 214 mm. A view looking across a stretch of water towards an island, with a small fishing boat in the foreground. Exact location unidentified.

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Landscape format. A girls school (Gov.) in Singapore : sewing class for bigger girls.

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Landscape format. Teacher (black lace over her head) is a young Malay.

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274 x 209 mm. (mounted on card). 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. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

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Landscape format. To the right a child named Johara is daughter of the Datoh of Ramban : her grandmother was a Chinese : she wears a necklace of old Turkish coins.

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[No print]. Missing. Names of front figures: Wong Chi Binti Radin Yakob / Sapieh Binti Seleman / Miriam Binti Gani / Patima Binti Hagi Yahyah : on necklace a charm : a verse from Koran / Munah Binti Haji Sarat / Miriam Binti Haji Kassim. The word Binti means daughter of. (Fisher).

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151 x 90 mm. A view from the mouth of the Singapore River looking towards the Anderson Bridge (constructed 1910) and the G.P.O. With sampans in the foreground.

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274 x 208 mm. View from seaward looking towards wharves and jetties, with scrub-covered hillside beyond. This print is a duplicate of others in the collection which are captioned 'Pulo Brani'. A number of misidentifications in this collection would cause one to favour the latter location. Pulo Brani is situated near Keppel or New Harbour, Singapore. Photograph by G.R. Lambert and Co.

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204 x 139 mm. Showing three actors on stage during a performance.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Education in Singapore is tailored to meet the needs of the people as well as the economy. It caters for the inclinations, aptitudes and interests of pupils by streaming them into academic studies, vocational training or apprenticeship schemes.The school curriculum stresses bilingualism (English plus mother tongue is compulsory), science, mathematics, moral and social values and extra-curricular activities.There are 297 primary schools, 116 secondary schools, 22 full schools...

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Half-plate. [A street factory with pineapples on table ready to be tinned and pineapple skins on floor.]