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154 x 204 mm. A view from the aeroplane looking down on the parachutist.

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206 x 140 mm. General view, with steamers and small boats.

Scope and Contents 277 x 195 mm. A view from the junction of Farquhar Street and Penang Road showing the wall surrounding the hotel but very little of the buildings themselves. A sign in the right foreground indicates the hotel entrance. The Hotel d'Europe was situated just off Farquhar Street on the northern waterfront. The history of the hotel has not been traced but this appears to be the establishment taken over by the Sarkies Brothers (founders of Raffles Hotel, Singapore) and later named the Eastern...

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80 x 55 mm. Probably the 'shop houses', the school premise when Miss Foss took over.

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220 x 152 mm. Showing a locomotive pulling out of the station at Prai in Province Wellesley. The train is composed of Thai State Railway coaches and one Malayan Railway sleeping coach.

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Nine bank notes issued by the Japanese Government during the occupation of Malaya in the Second World War.

Scope and Contents Contains gravure prints (probably selected from a larger series). The majority have captions in pencil on the reverse, which have been recorded as found, and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions for untitled prints composed for this catalogue, and other interpolations are enclosed in square brackets. The views mainly show scenes in Selangor, Perak and Pahang, with a...

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154 x 113 mm. A view looking over the town of woodlands on Singapore Island towards the Johore Straits and mainland, with a train crossing the repaired causeway.

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A view showing a quayside with residential houses beyond, probably in Johor Baharu.

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A canal scene in Johor Baharu with junks in the foreground and buildings in Chinese style beyond.

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A view looking across the lawn towards the palace or Istana, of the Sultan. In the background the flag which denotes that the Sultan is in residence can just be discerned.

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203 x 148 mm. A view of the Pahang River.

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203 x 148 mm. Similar to preceding two prints, but with a boat in the foreground.

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203 x 156 mm. Showing a village set among palm trees, with a densely wooded mountain rising in the background.

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157 x 104 mm. Showing a group of fishermen bring their boat in to shore.

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204 x 153 mm. Showing a Malay craftsman inspecting some of his work.

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281 x 208 mm. A view looking along King Street which runs north-east from Chulia Street to the corner of the Padang at Light Street. This view shows the north-east section with the Padang and the sea just visible in the background.

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224 x 151 mm.

Scope and Contents 237 x 183 mm. A carefully posed study of five Kling women grouped in front of the whitewashed wall of a European house. The Klings (the term has since the turn of the century been considered highly deregoratory) were the Tamil immigrants who formed the lowest classes of labour. The women in this picture wear saris and the characteristic toe and nose rings. The Alma Estate, situated some seven miles from Prye, originally consisted of some 500 acres planted out by a Mr Wilson during the...

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100 x 75 mm. Group in the open air with Mrs Le Fevre seated in the centre of seven men, all identified by Mrs Le Fevre.

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212 x 158 mm. A view looking down, probably from the base of the lighthouse onto the long, single storied wooden building with verandah and tiled roof. Muka is situated at the extreme north-west tip of Penang Island. A photograph probably taken shortly after the completion of these buildings in 1884 (Straits Settlements Blue Book, 1884).

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276 x 208 mm. A view looking along Light Street which runs west from Fort Cornwallis and along the Esplanade. The precise section of the street here shown has not been located.

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208 x 155 mm. A view looking along the unkempt garden towards the thatched and verandahed bungalow. Posed in front of the building are a European family (unidentified) and Indian servants. Lomond Bungalow was situated on the northern end of Penang (or Government) Hill.

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208 x 154 mm. A view looking along the main street which is lined with low thatched houses, beneath the verandahs of which are traders and their wares. Beyond is a European building (? possibly the hospital built 1883). Balik Pulau is situated in the centre of Penang.

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155 x 188 mm. Showing cotton cloth being printed with metal blocks dipped in dye.