142 x 195 mm. Showing a Malay barber cutting the hair of an Indian customer.

Half-plate (landscape format). [Man standing among different types of palms].

[Trimmed]. [Similar to 4172].

267 x 209 mm. A similar view to BAM 1/2, but taken at a later date.

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.

268 x 208 mm. A studio photograph showing two Indian men and a boy seated on the ground with the equipment for the mango trick laid out before them; these consist of woven baskets and the cloth beneath which the mango tree appears to grow in the space of a few minutes.

The caption continues 'Those seen here are built on reclaimed land in the East Coast'.

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.

In the playground.

In the playground.

A copy of the newspaper published by the British Military Administration, with a note by C.E. Collinge (2 sheets).

267 x 206 mm. A view looking out towards the harbour from the Cavenagh Bridge with sampans loaded with goods entering the river from the port. A photograph taken before the construction of the Anderson Bridge in 1910.

From Boat Quay.

Landscape format. In distance Pulan ( = island) Bentan, a Dutch possession. [Harbour with rowing boats, steam launches and ships, and covered quay on the right].

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.

205 x 157 mm. Aerial view of the complex.

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.

205 x 138 mm. Aerial view from over the harbour looking across Singapore, with the Singapore River and Boat Quay in the right foreground.

141 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated on a mat in the street smoking a cigarette.

Contains loose photographs by various photographers including G.R. Lambert and Co. The majority are part of the BAM collection, including several from the Langham-Carter gift, but some photographs already in the RCS collection have been embodied here for convenience. In numerical order. Box 1 contains BAM1/1-79, Box 2 contains BAM1/81-160, BAM1/80 is in a separate envelope.

205 x 156 mm. View of the main façade of the Victorial Memorial Hall.

139 x 194 mm. A view from a building on the far side of the river looking across towards the Victoria Memorial Hall and the War Memorial obelisk, with the river and part of the Anderson Bridge in the foreground.