Perak (state)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Elephants bathing in the Perak River, Kuala Kangsar, 1890 - 1925
150 x 113 mm.
[Elephants] probably Kuala Kangsar, 1910
116 x 81 mm. Showing three elephants with their keepers.
Government House, Kuala Kangsar, from the Perak River, 1890 - 1925
124 x 93 mm. A view looking across the river (with boats in the foreground) towards Government House.
Ladies Bisley, Taiping, 1909, 1909
149 x 111 mm. Showing a group of ladies lying on the ground in the firing position with spectators and officials grouped beneath parasols at the left.
[Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard and the Sultan of Perak, circa ? 1925], 1925
122 x 71 mm. Crossing the Perak near Kuala Kangsar, Lindsay Vears on right. Showing the four elephants and their passengers crossing the Perak River. The Sultan of Perak, Sir Iskander Shah is seated on the elephant at the left, Sir Laurence and Lady Guillemard on the next elephant, an unidentified couple on the third and Lindsay Vears (no further information) on the fourth. Guillemard was Governor of the Straits Settlements 1919-1927.
The path to Taiping Hill, ? circa 1925, 1925
82 x 133 mm. Showing an unidentified European woman sitting on one of the steps of the path leading up the hill.
Tuba fishing, Perak River, 1890 - 1925
149 x 112 mm. A view looking out over the Perak River showing men in canoees with nets. The sap of the root of the creeping plant tuba (dalbergia) is extracted by maceration in water and this, when thrown into the river brings the fish to the surface for netting.