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276 x 209 mm. Another view of the road leading out to the Penang Waterfall, with hack gharries parked in the foreground

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277 x 208 mm. A view looking along a tree-lined pathway which runs up to the east entrance to St Xaviers Church, situated just south of the Protestant and Roman Catholic cemeteries in the area bounded by Northam Road, Penang Road, Argyle Road and Transfer Road. Date of construction unknown.

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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.

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The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.

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Collection of fifty loose photographs (some duplicates) measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm of Indigenous people, all with typed captions.

Scope and Contents 291 x 237 mm. A group photograph, taken on the steps of the Penang Cricket Club, showing the two rugby teams. The date, November 30 1925, is painted on the ball at the front of the group. Identified on the reverse are: John FORD (Accountant, Evatt and Co. Penang 1925, Manager 1935); C.C. TAYLOR (Assistant, Mansfield and Co., Penang 1925); G.D.F. SINCLAIR; H.W. RICKEARD (Manager, Rubber Estate Agency, Kedah 1925); C.H. ELDRIDGE (Sub-accountant, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 1935); W....

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162 x 165 mm. A view from the level ground looking up towards a house at the summit of a small hill. The handwritten caption also states that the house was built by [?] G.A. Gray. Exact location unidentified. This page also contains a partially cropped photograph of an unidentified four storey house

Scope and Contents Group portrait taken on a formal occasion and showing the following figures standing (left to right) in a driveway in front of an unidentified building (not visible):Douglas Graham Campbell (1866-1918) began his career as a surveyor in the Selangor Public Works Department in 1883, later serving in the Land Office and as District Officer. In 1904 he was appointed British Resident, Negri Sembilan.Mrs. Mary Campbell. Wife of Douglas Campbell and daughter of Charles Spooner.Charles...

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275 x 208 mm. A view looking across an open stretch of grassland towards the Sepoy accommodation. Exact location unidentified, but probably at the western edge of George Town at the base of Penang Hill.

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136 x 179 mm. As captioned.

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164 x 206 mm. View looking along the interior of the aeroplane, showing soldiers checking equipment before making a jump over west Malaysia.

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105 x 75 mm.

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113 x 120 mm. Showing the church in the state of dereliction after the Japanese bombing of December 11 1941.

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As captioned.

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241 x 190 mm. Showing the Queen being greeted by Tuanku Abdul Halim and Tuanku Bahiyah on her arrival at Port Kelang at the start of the 1972 State Visit.

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204 x 151 mm. Showing the raft ferry, powered by a steam engine and protected by a roof above the open sides, on the Prai River, which debouches, on the Port Wellesley mainland near Butterworth, opposite George Town. On the raft itself are two Europeans in white uniforms, two hack gharries and a number of other passengers. A photograph probably taken in 1884 on completion of improvements to the Prai ferry.

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133 x 57 mm. Photographic copy of a painting showing the Nibong stockade at George Town erected on the site of the future Fort Cornwallis.

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202 x 154 mm. View looking along a street lined with commercial premises.

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154 x 113 mm. View looking along a commercial street lined with Chinese shops, with an avenue of trees running along the centre of the road. Location unidentified, possibly Taiping.

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111 x 153 mm. Showing Sir Abdul Aziz AlMuktassim BILLAH SHAH (1887-1948), Sultan of Perak 1938-1948, seated beside his wife at an unidentified outdoor function at Kuala Kangsar.

Scope and Contents Album of photographs of various sizes with one loose one inserted. A note by the donor E. Walker states that the photographs, ‘were taken mostly by one of the brothers Logan of Penang, members of the legal profession and after one of whom Logan Road, Penang was named. The name is (or was) associated with the legal firm of Logan, Ross and Samuels, Penang.’ The plates have hand-written captions, which have been recorded as found. Nos 1-26 relate to Sumatra, 27-41 to Singapore and 42-63 to...

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178 x 104 mm. General view of the village of Tanjong Tokong, with atap houses along the waterfront. Tanjong Tokong is situated about four and a half miles north - west of George Town.

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178 x 95 mm. Showing the beach of Tanjong Tokong.

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178 x 97 mm. Showing trees at Tanjong Tokong, with the village in the background.

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190 x 241 mm. Showing a canoe paddling on the lake at Tasek Bera, surrounded by lush jungle vegetation.