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117 x 167 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Telephone operators have to be able to converse in all the various languages. Left to right, Chinese, Mrs. Ida Lo, Indian, Miss K. Nair, Malay, Che Nah bt Abdullah, and Mrs. L. Estrop. The Superintendent who is watching the girls is a European, Mrs. L. Leembruggen'. It continues, at length, giving a brief summary of recent developments in the telecommunications system.

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133 x 104 mm. View looking along Penang Hill towards the Hotel.

Scope and Contents 280 x 215 mm. A view from the Fort Cornwallis end of the Esplanade looking west across the cricket ground. At the right the Esplanade runs along the seafront, with the bandstand halfway along. On the further side of the cricket ground Esplanade Road runs across the picture from Light Street to the Esplanade just left of centre the old Town Hall is situated between Esplanade Road and Duke Street, with the Penang Cricket Club pavilion to the right and the Municipal Offices to the right...

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The autobiography of John Morley, written during the 1970s, 122 pages.

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135 x 90 mm. Group of eleven men outside a wooden building, including J.P. Swettenham and T. Le Fevre. Most are identified by Mrs Le Fevre.

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270 x 209 mm. A view looking along the Inner Roads, with steamers and numerous smaller sailing vessels at anchor.

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105 x 75 mm. Showing children crouching down.

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105 x 75 mm. Showing children playing.

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115 x 132 mm. The caption on the reverse reads '(10.) Tin ore is being extracted from the higher shafts of the mine; Chinese workers are seen here drilling and timbering'.

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140 x 99 mm. Showing the road leading up Penang Hill to the Cragh Hotel.

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276 x 210 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the Esplanade. Date of construction unknown.

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278 x 208 mm. Showing a fan shaped palm tree growing in the garden of an unidentified house, probably in George Town, Penang.

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165 x 116 mm. Showing villagers being treated at a mobile treatment centre in Malaya. The caption on the reverse reads '(6.) Confidently they bring their wounds, their sores, and their sickness for treatment'.

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128 x 79 mm. Showing a turtle on the beach near Kuala Trengganu, on its way back to the sea after egg-laying.

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265 x 213 mm. A view looking south-west along the water front towards the Victoria Pier, with lighters moored in the foreground and steamers at anchor in the roads beyond. A corner of the Government Offices (Downing Street end) can be seen at the right of the print. The Victoria Pier was constructed 1885-1888.

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140 x 99 mm. View from Penang Hill looking across towards the Port Wellesley mainland.

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258 x 280 mm. A view from Penang Hill (also known as Government Hill and situated west of George Town) looking south east across a valley heavily planted with coconut plantations towards another range of hills. Beyond these part of the island of Pulau Jerejak can be seen, with the mainland of Province Wellesley dimly visible in the distance.

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274 x 208 mm. A view looking along a stream bed towards heavily wooded hill side. Possibly taken at the same location as BAM 10/59.

Scope and Contents The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

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164 x 110 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour by John Turnbull Thomson in the National Museum, Singapore.

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118 x 178 mm. Showing part of the waterfall in the Botanical Gardens at the foot of the Penang Hill.

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164 x 117 mm. Uncaptioned print showing the interior of a textile factory.

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206 x 140 mm. View looking along the George Town water front, with boats moored along the length of the quay.

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205 x 158 mm. As captioned.