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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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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.

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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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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'.