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266 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking towards a street of atap houses facing onto an area of open ground. This photograph also shows part of the area which was later the site of the Government Offices and cricket ground.

Scope and Contents 265 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view from just above the west bank looking down onto the Klang River, with the atap houses of Kuala Lumpur on the far side. Beside the road in the foreground is an open-sided atap house where a number of carpenters are planing wood to form planks. The note in Swettenham's hand on the reverse reads: 'This is the point from which, in 1882, just to the right of the picture, the road started to ascend the hill on which were the Residency and all other...

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264 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking across uneven, partially cleared scrubland towards (on the left) the square, two storey wooden quarters of Captain Syers, and (on the right) the Police Barracks, a series of long single storey buildings raised on brick pillars. Gullick (1955, p. 27-28) provides a detailed description of the buildings.

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289 x 232 mm. A view from the steps of the Railway Office looking across the Padang towards the Selangor club, with rickshaws and bullock cards in the flooded roadway in the foreground. A note on the back of the print states that the water rose over a foot after this photograph was taken.

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155 x 112 mm. A view looking eastwards from the Police Barracks towards Weld Hill. The town, which lies in the intervening valley, is largely obscured by vegetation in the foreground, although the tower of the Government Offices can be seen at the right.

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162 x 132 mm. A view looking along the unsurfaced road, probably near Kuala Lumpur, with a wooden bridge over a river leading to houses in the background.

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205 x 153 mm. An aerial view showing the main hospital, nurses quarters and administrative buildings.

Scope and Contents The collection includes original letters from Le Fleming to his mother Florence, known in the family as 'FM’. Subjects include Le Fleming’s travel to Malaya and within the region for work and leisure; descriptions of his duties and colleagues at the FMSR in Ipoh and Kula Lumpur; friends and social life; painting and design; holidays in Europe; the Malay and Chinese people; Malaya’s landscape, butterflies, botany and wildlife; training with the FMS Volunteer forces; and the deteriorating...

Scope and Contents 264 x 207 mm (mounted on card). Showing the square two storey, Magistrate's quarters set among partially cleared scrubland with a somewhat overgrown garden area laid out in front of the building. The Magistrate's quarters were completed in 1883 according to the Annual Financial Report for Selangor for that year (in C. 4192 of 1884), but if this print shows the building during Henry Conway Belfields occupancy it must date from 1884 at the earliest, in which year Belfield was appointment to...

Scope and Contents 283 x 235 mm (mounted on card). A group portrait taken in front of the Residency. A typewritten caption identifies the figures as follows: Mr Saul; Che Mahmood bin Mat; Moor Yahya; Tengku Abdul Rahman; Raja Musa; Raja Kamarul Zaman; Sir George Maxwell; Raja Omar; Raja Haji Ahmad; Che Tahrum; Raja Petra; Syed Hassan; Raja Yaacob; James Stuart Wellesley Reid; Pawan The; Che Hussin; Raja Hitam; Syed Noordin; Syed Abu Bakar; Wan Mohammed Ali; Raja Salim; unidentified; Che Daud; Che Idris; Che...

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Carcosa Malay staff (syces and orderlies) and families.

Scope and Contents 288 x 225 mm. (mounted in card frame). A group portrait of the Board, taken in Kuala Lumpur. Figures identified in the group are: Oscar Alan SPENCER (1913-); Member for Economic Affairs, Federation of Malaya 1951-1955; Head of Economic Secretariat 1956-1960; Tuanku YAACOB ibni Al Mahum; Member for Agriculture and Forestry, Federation of Malaya; A.A. FORWARD; Commissioner for Road Transport, Federation of Malaya; Raja UDA bin Raja Muhammad C.M.G., C.B.E.; Mentri Besar, Selangor; John...

Scope and Contents 265 x 208 mm (mounted on card). Showing the Kuala Lumpur market buildings, an open sided building with a tiled roof supported by brick stanchions and situated near the east bank of the Klang River south of Market Street. The market and its site were originally under the control of the Capitan China Yap Ah Loy. Gullick (1955, p. 42) describes Swettenhams views on the market: On its reversion to the State, certain improvements were made to the building and shortly afterwards a more...

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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.

Scope and Contents 282 x 225 mm. A group portrait showing the Federal Council in session. Identified on the reverse of the print are: Sir Laurence Nunns GUILLEMARD (1862-1951); Governor of the Straits Settlements 1919-1927; Sir Iskandar SHAH (circa 1881-1938); Sultan of Perak 1918-1938; (Sir) William PEEL (1875-1945): Chief Secretary to F.M.S. Government 1926-1930; Henry Wagstaffe THOMSON (1874-1941): British President, Selangor 1926-1931; Tuanku MOHAMMED; Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri [i.e. Negeri]...

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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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196 x 247 mm. Showing the atap roofed mosque with the Imam and Hajis (those who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca) grouped in front of the building.

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This diary was written by a Japanese civilian in Kuala Lumpur during the occupation, who was probably employed as an interpreter by the Japanese army. There is a loose receipt within the diary addressed to a Mr Nakane, who may be the author.

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Full length portrait.

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Full length portrait of a young child.

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View from the verandah looking into the drawing room, furnished with wickerwork chairs and potted plants.

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View from the verandah looking out over the garden.

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General view of Scrivenors house from the road.

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Similar to preceding print, with bench of geological specimens by the window in the background.

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River scene with reeds.