Singapore (island)
Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:
One of the 22 aerobridges at the Changi Airport, 1982
Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.
Palaquium xanthochymum, Mandai road, 1933
Glass and film negatives
Palaquium xanthochymum, Mandai road, 1933
Glass and film negatives
Parade of ex-Servicemen, Singapore, Armistice Day 1949, illustrating the multi-racial composition of ex-soldiers, 1949
118 x 92 mm. Showing a group of soldiers standing on parade, with the spire of St Andrews Cathedral visible in the background. The two identified figures in the group are P.A.B. McKerron and Gerald Hawkins (1891-1973).
Part of the Siong Lim Si Temple, a Chinese temple, 1982
Though Singapore is a secular state, freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution. The main religions are Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Places of worship for these religions are found throughout the island.
Pineapple plantation and tall trees near Bukitemah, Singapore, 1908-12
Possibly near Changi, Singapore, 1920 - 1929
101 x 152 mm. A view looking along a road with a Malay man and several children watching the photographer, and with houses and coconut palms in the background.
Possibly near Changi, Singapore, 1920 - 1929
148 x 100 mm. General view of a Malay Campong.
Post Office and Exchange Building [Singapore], 1880 - 1889
Premises of A.L. Johnston, Collyer Quay, 1870s, 1870 - 1879
Prince of Wales, Singapore, 1922, 1922
168 x 94 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales approaching the Governor, Sir Laurence GUILLEMARD (obscured behind aide) and other officials in Empress Place. In front of the Prince stands the Rt. Revd. Charles James [i.e. Robert] FERGUSON-DAVIE (1872-1963), Bishop of Singapore 1901-1927 and at the end of the procession is Sir Walter Sidney SHAW (1863-1937), Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements 1921-1925.
Prize Day Song The Cross Street Corps, 1908-12
Half-plate. [Row of five little boys with drums and bugles watched by people on the steps behind].
PSA Container Port, covering 51 hectares, comprises 5 main berths, a feeder berth and a cross berth, 1982
The caption continues 'The main berths can accommodate 5 third-generation container vessels at a time'.
Radio Malaya, Singapore, 1940 - 1959
116 x 165 mm. Showing an operator at the console in the control room. The caption on the reverse reads 'A Control Room - the broadcaster can be seen in the studio at the microphone'.
Raffles Place, Singapore, [circa 1967], 1967
91 x 139 mm. View looking along the length of Raffles Place, with the public gardens in the centre of the square (beneath which is an underground car-park).
Raffles Square, 1890 - 1899
R.B.F. Sports Day, Seletar, Singapore, 1937, 1937
151 x 90 mm. A view looking across the sports field, with the Straits of Johore in the background.
Reception of Prince of Wales in Singapore, [March 31] 1922, 1922
Restoration of Raffles statue, Singapore, 1947, 1947
111 x 146 mm. Showing Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952, and P.A.B. McKerron, Colonial Secretary, standing beneath the Raffles statue in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall during the reinstatement ceremony in 1947.
Rochor Girls School, 1908-12 - 1908
Landscape format. A girls school (Gov.) in Singapore : sewing class for bigger girls.
Rochor Girls School, 1908-12
Landscape format. Teacher (black lace over her head) is a young Malay.
Rochor (harbour), 1907
144 x 99 mm. General view of Rochore Harbour and village, Singapore Island.
Rochor (harbour), 1907
150 x 114 mm. View looking along a jetty.
Rochore, Singapore, 1880 - 1889
274 x 209 mm. (mounted on card). A view on the Rochore River north of the town, with boats in the foreground and a settlement of houses raised on stilts above the water on the farther bank. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.
Same school [Rochor Girls School], 1908-12
Landscape format. To the right a child named Johara is daughter of the Datoh of Ramban : her grandmother was a Chinese : she wears a necklace of old Turkish coins.