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West Malaysia (division (national))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

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Back view of house at Penang, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/28
Scope and Contents

206 x 157 mm. A view from the garden showing a substantial two-storied residence with verandahs and thatched roof. Exact location is unidentified, but this and the following print are good examples of European domestic dwellings in the tropics. The house was possibly Cameron's own residence. Photograph probably taken by M.A. Cameron.

Dates: 1884
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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Balei Besar, Alor Star, Kedah, April 1926, 1926-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/34
Scope and Contents

77 x 58 mm. Showing the large single storied state chamber or hall of audience Alor Star.

Dates: 1926-04
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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Baloh, a small port on east coast of peninsula (Pahang), 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/78
Scope and Contents

Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, with jungle on either side.

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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Baloh, timber yard, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/81
Scope and Contents

Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, presumably being loaded with timber.

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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Bank across Rawang Swamp, Selangor [circa 1892], 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/3
Scope and Contents

278 x 243 mm. A view looking along a cutting through dense forest, with excavations and banking along the path of the line. The Rawang Swamp, between Rawang and Serendah and extending 1/2 mile in breadth was the major obstacle to this 4.66 mile section of line which was opened for traffic a year behind schedule in 1893.

Dates: 1892
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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Bank No. 35 looking west, maximum height on centre line 63 feet [Gunong Pondok Pass, Perak, circa 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/14
Scope and Contents

198 x 143 mm. A view looking along the partially constructed bank. The work here is at an earlier stage than in most of the preceding prints.

Dates: 1902
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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Barbados passport, 1918 - 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/38/2
Scope and Contents

Issued to Kate Marjorie Hutchinson, teacher, 1918, with endorsements from the Canadian Department of External Affairs, the Japanese and Chinese consulates in Vancouver and the Penang registrar, 1918-1919. The passport has the seal of the Barbados colony.

Dates: 1918 - 1919
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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Batu Caves [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/21
Scope and Contents

166 x 214 mm. Showing the entrance to one of the Batu Caves situated about seven miles from Kuala Lumpur.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Batu Caves [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/22
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm (mounted on card). Showing the interior of one of the caves, with a group of Malay figures posed for scale in the middle ground.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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).
 Series

Batu caves, Sedili [Selangor], 1929 - 1939

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/342-360
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the limestone caves and surrounding flora, including two images of four men identified on the reverse (but difficult to read - one man may be called 'Eldel.').

Dates: 1929 - 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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Batu Feringhi, Penang, 1910 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/47
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A general view of the beach at Batu Feringhi.

Dates: 1910 - 1920
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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Batu Gadja, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/111
Scope and Contents

209 x 88 mm. View of unidentified buildings (?Government offices) in Batu Gaja in Perak.

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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Batu Gadja, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/112
Scope and Contents

208 x 89 mm. View looking along road through parkland.

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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Batu Gadja, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/113
Scope and Contents

208 x 89 mm. General view of town, situated in East Kinta district, Perak.

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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Batu Gajah, Perak, 1921, 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/35
Scope and Contents

137 x 80 mm. Showing an unidentified two storey wooden house with tiled roof at Batu Gojah, the headquarters of the Kinta District of Perak.

Dates: 1921
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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? Batu Gojah [i.e. Gajah ?] 1884, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/10
Scope and Contents

245 x 167 mm. (mounted on card). Showing an unidentified two storey residential house, of stone and with a tiled roof, tentatively identified on the reverse as Batu Gojah, a town in the Kinta district, 67 miles from Taiping and eight miles south of Ipoh. Batu Gojah was the district headquarters of the Kinta division and this photograph, of a fairly imposing residence possibly shows the Collector and Magistrate's house.

Dates: 1884
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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Beach scene, Pasir Panjang, S. S, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 15/12
Scope and Contents

95 x 141 mm. A view looking seawards, with a beached rowing boat and palm tree in the foreground, at Pasir Panjang in Negri Sembilan twenty miles south of Seremban.

Dates: 1924
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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Before top of flood [circa December 29 1926, ?Kuala Trengganu], 1926-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/51
Scope and Contents

200 x 145 mm. A view looking along a flooded street, with Malays standing in the water at the crossroads in the foreground. A note on the reverse queries whether this is a view of Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] or Kelantan; the former seems more likely.

Dates: 1926-12
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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Before top of flood, December 28 or 29, 1926, 1926-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/49
Scope and Contents

152 x 101 mm. Showing a group of Malays standing thigh deep in water on a flooded road at Kuala Trengannu [i.e. Terengganu].

Dates: 1926-12
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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Before top of flood, December 29 1926 [at Kuala Trengganu], 1926-12-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/47
Scope and Contents

154 x 101 mm. A view looking across the Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] River estuary at Kuala Trengannu, with three Europeans standing in the foreground. The flood waters are just beginning to encroach on the Harbour Office buildings, the floor of which was under 1 foot of water at the height of the flood.

Dates: 1926-12-29
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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Before top of flood, December 29, 1926 [at Kuala Trengganu] [i.e. Terengganu], 1926-12-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/48
Scope and Contents

154 x 102 mm.

Dates: 1926-12-29
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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Bengalese watchman, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/134
Scope and Contents

57 x 93 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.

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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?Benou with early morning clouds from Peninjau, Fraser's Hill, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/699
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

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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?Benou with early morning clouds from Peninjau, Fraser's Hill, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/700
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

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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?Benou with early morning clouds from Peninjau, Fraser's Hill, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/701
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

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).