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116 x 141 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Part of the library of timber specimens in the Wood Technological section at the Forest Research Institute. There are between 4000 and 5000 different specimens of Malayan timer filed there'.

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135 x 88 mm. Photograph of W.G. Stewart's daughter.

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105 x 79 mm. A group portrait of members of the Perak State Council, composed of the Sultan, the British Resident, the Secretary to the Resident and various prominent members of the Malay and Chinese communities. The Sultan, Raja Alang Iskander Shah, is seated in the centre of the group with C.W.C. Parr beside him while the Residents Secretary (unidentified) stands with the Chinese and Malay members in the back row.

Scope and Contents 62 x 88 mm. Showing the statue of Captain Francis Light (1740-1794), founder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1786. Light died of malaria on the island and was buried in the old Protestant Cemetery in Northam Road, George Town. The bronze statue designed by Frederick J. Wilcoxson, was originally sited in Fort Cornwallis and was unveiled in 1939. It was removed during the Japanese occupation and re-erected in 1946 in front of the High Court in Light Street. The only known...

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227 x 191 mm. Studio portrait.

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Contains loose prints from the 1950s and 1960s, supplementing the main historical collection. The main subjects are 44-57, 63-70 Indigenous peoples; 93-109 ceremonies (including Merdeka, 1957, 96-98); 110-121 Gurkhas; 122-139 Sarawak; 140-179 Singapore (including official visits and formal occasions).

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284 x 185 mm. View looking along the Esplanade at Penang from Court Cornwallis with the Municipal Buildings on the far side of the cricket ground, and the Town Hall (partially obscured by trees) to the left.

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274 x 197 mm. Showing a junk moored at a jetty at Nibong Tebal in Province Wellesley.

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105 x 75 mm.

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205 x 155 mm. A view from the shore of the mainland looking towards the heavily wooded, hilly island.

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274 x 208 mm. A view looking westwards and along Northern Road with the Lartut Road junction in the left middleground. The road leading off to the right probably goes to the Telegraph Office and the Penang Club.

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154 x 104 mm. Showing the Sultan of Selangor Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah receiving a gift presented to him in a traditional obeisance ceremony.

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204 x 148 mm. View looking along a stretch of the Pahang River, with dense forest on either bank.

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Letters and papers relating to Whitehouse's career in Malaya, written in English unless otherwise indicated.

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217 x 285 mm. A view of the lower section of Penang Waterfall, situated in the gardens at the foot of Penang Hill. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.

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272 x 206 mm. A view looking along Beach Street which runs NE-SW parallel to the waterfront and behind Victoria Street and Weld Quay. In the right foreground a three storey building houses G. Izolphe's hairdressing saloon, the Grand Hotel, the Pilots Club and Abdoul Sanat, watch-makers; these premises were later taken over by Kennedy and Co. Further down the street are the offices of the Pinang Gazette press, which in the left foreground are the Criterion Tiffin and Billiard Rooms.

Scope and Contents 271 x 209 mm. A view of the Club premises, a low square stone building with a tiled roof and a verandah running the length of one façade (? the northern). The Club, founded in 1868, was situated in the north-west part of George Town, near the Telegraph Office and off Northern Road. Cartwright ((ed), 1908, p. 744) gives this description: The Club premises...are pleasantly situated on the sea-front ... Passing through the spacious entrance-hall, with the committee and secretary's rooms on...

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276 x 208 mm. A view looking along an outer wall towards a bastion, with a wooden bridge crossing the moat (drained in 1922) to a gateway into the fort. Fort Cornwallis replaced the stockade erected by Captain Light for the defence of the settlement, but by the later years of the century its defensive importance had waned and its main use was as a signal station.

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133 x 79 mm. A photographic copy of William Daniell's aquatint from Captain Robert Smith's painting. The view looks across Pulau Tikus Bay and George Town towards Kedah on the mainland.

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153 x 79 m. A photographic copy of William Daniell's aquatint from Captain Robert Smith's painting. The view looks towards Pulau Jerajak and the mainland.

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270 x 209 mm. A view looking along an almost dry stream bed towards the small bridge and wooded hillside. Photograph possibly taken at the same location as BAM 10/51.

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144 x 100 mm. A view showing the stone viaduct on Penang Hill, with the line curving away up the hill in the background.

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101 x 133 mm.

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Distant view from sea.

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149 x 108 mm. Showing a group of European men examining rifles in the foreground, with the lady competitors seated beyond. The figures in the group have not been identified.