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196 x 142 mm (mounted on card).

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Contains loose photographs by various photographers including G.R. Lambert and Co., A Kaulfuss and Leonard Wray. This material includes prints from Sir Frank Swettenham's collection, and is of particular historical importance. Some items from the Langham-Carter collection have been included.

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115 x 75 mm. Photograph mounted in a greeting card of the Perak Flying Club, Ipoh. It shows the club hangar, with part of a biplane visible in the foreground.

Scope and Contents 301 x 217 mm. (mounted on board). A group portrait of Europeans posed in front of an atap house, and captioned on the print Pangkor 1874. This photograph has often been reproduced as a print taken during the signing of the Pangkor Engagement in January 1874 but this is certainly not so and there are several anomalous features which make a positive identification difficult. Beneath this copy of the print the figures are identified (l to r) as: Dr Anderson; Capn. Innes; Captn. Speedy; Sir...

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A view across the river to the other side of the Dam still under construction taken from 80 feet up.

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Sir W Peel, Misherell?

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A section of the Dam.

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Side view showing water outlet for running the turbine.

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View of dam wall under construction.

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Thru the dam & crane.

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An account of the pay and working and living conditions of a cadet in the Federated Malay States Civil Service during the early twentieth century (2 copies, 6 sheets).

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Swettenham's manuscript journal (80 sheets) with two typescript copies and correspondence relating to its editing for publication.

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Unsigned, undated copy of a proclamation by Sultan Abdullah of Perak opening up the state to economic development, accompanied by a note concerning its provenance (2 sheets).

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There are four main sets of photographs: jungle-dwelling Sakai men, a beach at Port Dickson, the Buckleys' bungalow at Swettenham Road, Kuala Lumpur, where they lived 1937-1940, and the Cameron Hills. These are followed by a number of individual photographs dating from the Buckleys' time in Malaya, with one taken in Australia. All of the photographs are in black-and-white.

Scope and Contents 278 x 184 mm. A group photograph taken outside the Astana Nagara (Sultans Palace) immediately following the presentation of the G.C.V.O. (Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order) to the Sultan of Perak on Thursday September 25, 1913. Figures in the group definitely identified are: Idris Mersid-el Aazam Shah, G.C.M.G. (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George), G.C.V.O, Sultan of Perak (10 from left); Sir Arthur Henderson YOUNG (1854-1938); Governor of the...

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206 x 90 mm.

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197 x 147 mm. Showing a group of pith helmeted Europeans punting on rafts.

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Coe’s account of his service assisting the District Officer of Telok Anson, Thomas Fleming, in charge of the sub-treasury and court. Subjects include legal affairs, a cholera outbreak and King George V’s coronation (3 sheets).

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A description of Coe’s service as 2nd Assistant District Officer in charge of the sub-treasury and court, and of the District Officer H.B. Ellerton.

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Memoirs based upon Coe’s two periods of service at Larut: the first during 1910-1911 as a newly arrived, unpassed cadet, and the second in 1927 as District Officer and Secretary to the Resident.

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195 x 59 mm. Showing a group of Chinese children standing on a hillside beside the Perak River.

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A brief description of Long's experiences in the cultivation of rubber, printed in 'Malaya', July 1961, 26-27. The file also includes typescript copies of two articles by Long: 'Rubber tree selection: thinning-out in mature areas', 'The Planter', Sept. 1920 and 'Rubber tree selection: new clearing and future plantings', 'The Planter', Nov. 1920.

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145 x 94 mm. A view looking across a river, with two women washing clothes on the bank, and a house boat in mid-stream.

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271 x 212 mm (mounted on card). A general view of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiping, a building with an elaborate pilastered entrance façade with curved gables crowned by a pediment. Date of construction unknown. Photograph probably by Augustus E. Kaulfuss.

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110 x 75 mm. Photograph mounted in a Christmas and New Year greeting card, 1938, of the club. Sent from Ipoh to Miss Adele Stewart by her father, William Gordon Stewart. It shows part of the Club buildings with a seaplane in the foreground.