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West Malaysia (division (national))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

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Port Dickson [circa 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/1
Scope and Contents

395 x 283 mm. A view from the sea looking towards the Port Dickson waterfront, with warehouses and commercial premises lining the seafront. Situated 17 miles south-west of Seremban and the principal sea resort of Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan, the town was originally known as Arang-Arang but was renamed Port Dickson in 1889 after Sir John Frederick Dickson (1835-1891) (Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements 1885-1891).

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, c.1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/76
Scope and Contents

270 x 194 mm. A view from a hillside looking down on to the railway station at Port Dickson with the sea beyond.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, c.1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/77
Scope and Contents

270 x 194 mm. Duplicate.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Port Dikson [i.e Dickson], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/51
Scope and Contents

206 x 102 mm. View along the railway line at Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Port Swettenham, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/74
Scope and Contents

208 x 126 mm. Showing shipping moored beside a railway wharf at Port Swettenham, Selangor.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Possibly in Province Wellesley, about 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/48
Scope and Contents

102 x 73 mm. A view looking along an unidentified waterfront, with Malay houses on stilts in the background.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Preparing for bull fight, Kelantan [? circa 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/8
Scope and Contents

221 x 172 mm. (mounted on board). Showing a large group of spectators gathered round a bull and its keepers.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Preparing silk for wearing, Penambang, near Kota Bahru [i.e. Kota Baharu], 1964, 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/88
Scope and Contents

154 x 190 mm. Showing a Malay girl attaching silk thread to the bobbins of a loom.

Dates: 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Presentation of colours by Sultan to his troops [? circa 1914], 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/96
Scope and Contents

287 x 237 mm. Showing troops drawn up on a parade ground while an address is readout by the Sultan. The state not been identified, but is possibly either Kedah or Kelantan.

Dates: 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Presentation of G.C.V.O. to Sultan of Perak, September 25, 1913, 1913-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/47
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...
Dates: 1913-09-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Probably Fort Terrace, Malacca, 1922 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/72
Scope and Contents

157 x 139 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined street, with a part of a cricket pitch in the foreground.

Dates: 1922 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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? Province Wellesley, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/49
Scope and Contents

152 x 101 mm. Showing a buffalo, controlled by a Chinese farmer, ploughing a paddy field.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Puddling machinery, Tambun, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/104
Scope and Contents

206 x 90 mm.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

Pulau Tioman Island, 1932

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/208-220
Scope and Contents From the File:

Glass and film negatives of coastal and foliage scenery.

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pulo Reino [i.e. Pulau Rimau] Lighthouse, Penang, 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/13
Scope and Contents

210 x 155 mm. A general view of the lighthouse neighbouring buildings on the small island of Pulau Rimau which lies off the extreme south east tip of Penang Island. From the piles of building material and newly cleared bush still in evidence, the photograph would appear to have been taken around 1883. The lighthouse was built between 1881-1883 and the light erected the following year (Straits Settlements Blue Books, 1881-1884).

Dates: 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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P.W.D. bungalow, Dong, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/69
Scope and Contents

Showing a wood and thatch single storey house, with servants quarters at the right and a bullock cart in the foreground. Precise location unidentified: a note on the reverse suggests either Sarawak or Pahang.

Dates: 1904 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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P.W.D. Jetty, Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu], during floods, December 25 1926, 1926-12-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/41
Scope and Contents

136 x 79 mm. A view looking along the jetty before the worst of the flooding. An arrow on the print shows the level water reached on December 29. A note on the reverse states that the jetty was under a foot of water on November 4; in the second bout of flooding it was submerged to a depth of five feet.

Dates: 1926-12-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Quarters, 658 Egerton Road, Seremban, [? 1930s], 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/4
Scope and Contents

107 x 61 mm. A view from the garden showing the residence of an unidentified official. The locations of the various rooms are marked on the back of the print.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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R.A.F. flying boat, Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu], 1929, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/55
Scope and Contents

138 x 79 mm. Showing a twin-engined flying boat moored in the harbour at Kuala Trengganu, with Malay fishing boats and canoes clustered around.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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R.A.F. plane at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/38
Scope and Contents

85 x 55 mm. A closer view of one of the aircraft seen in the preceding print.

Dates: 1936-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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R.A.F. planes at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/37
Scope and Contents

86 x 55 mm. Showing two R.A.F. biplanes parked on the runway at Alor Star. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.

Dates: 1936-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Rafting on [? Slim] River near Tanjong Malin [i.e. Tanjung Malim ?], about 1930, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/38
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Railroad, Kelantan near K. Krai [i.e. Kulala Kerai], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/372
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of trees, most are of Terengganu, some of Kelantan. The photographs are in good condition and measure approximately 65 x 65 mm.

Dates: 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Railway side, about twenty miles south of K. Bahru [i.e. Kota Baharu], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/397
Scope and Contents

A view looking towards a hill, from the (rail) road.

Dates: 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Randia Temangan [i.e. Temangan Baharu] , Kelantan, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/419
Scope and Contents

Showing a man beside a small tree or shrub. The caption continues 'small fruitful leaves (illegible word), not white beneath'.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).