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141 x 84 mm. Showing the Grand Hotel de l'Europe emblazoned along its length with the legend God Bless the Prince of Wales. Situated on the Esplanade near the Victoria Memorial Hall (part of which is visible at the left of the print), the hotel was established in 1857 and occupied the same site until the building was demolished in 1936. (Makepeace, ii, 197 and Tyers, p. 89). But see Turnbull (1975, p. 47) who dates the naming of the hotel somewhat later.

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Half-plate. With Birdsnest Fern, Botanical Gardens : Singapore.

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75 x 53 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron walking along a path, with a military escort.

Scope and Contents 75 x 53 mm. Showing a group of officers gathered for the funeral of Lim Boh Seng. A former student of Raffles Institution and Hong Kong University, Lim Boh Seng had taken such an active part in anti-Japanese activities that the authorities had considered banishing him. At the Governor's request he formed a Chinese liaison committee for civil defence and this committee proved to be the only body capable of recruiting labour during the Japanese bombardment of Singapore. Lim Boh Seng escaped...

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155 x 109 mm. Showing McKerron, Foulger and Regester standing at attention beside the wreaths laid in front of the grave.

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155 x 110 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron standing at attention with a group of Chinese Malayans in front of the wreaths laid outside.

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109 x 155 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron making the funeral oration on the steps of the Victoria Memorial Hall [?]

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Scope and Contents 293 x 245 mm. A view looking up from one of the driveways in the garden towards Government House. Singapore's first gubernatorial residence had been the house build by Raffles on the summit of what was to become Fort Canning and for a period after the building of the Fort, the Governor lived in rented accommodation in the town ( Buckley, p. 675). As with St Andrews Cathedral, Government House was erected under the supervision of J.F.A. McNair, using largely convict labour, and was ready...

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275 x 207 mm. A general view of Government House. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

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275 x 207 mm.

Scope and Contents 197 x 113 mm. (mounted on card). A modern copy of a print taken on the verandah of Government House. The figures in the group are identified as follows: Captain Lord Charles SCOTT (1839-1911), Commander of the Bacchante; (later Sir) William Edward MAXWELL (1846-1897), Acting Resident at Perak; Captain Henry Stopford TUNNARD, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Frederick Weld 1881-1883; Sir Frederick Aloysius WELD (1823-1891), Governor of the Straits Settlements 1880-1887; Prince...

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98 x 148 mm. Showing a Malay man standing beside the tree. On reverse of print: This tree produces an undesirable rubber. The tree was destroyed on orders by Mr I.H. Burkill, Director of Gardens, Singapore, sometime after 1918, when this photograph was taken.

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207 x 27 mm. Showing the gopuran (entrance gate-tower) of the Sri Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Road, built between 1827 and 1843.

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260 x 208 mm.

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269 x 204 mm.

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River scene with a settlement and wooded hills in the distance. Precise location unidentified, but possibly showing Keppel or New Harbour.

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152 x 100mm. A view looking along South Bridge Road, with the gopuram of the Sri Mariamman Temple in the foreground.

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120 x 80 mm. A view looking along the aisle of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore's Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1843 and 1846.

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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.

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200 x 149 mm. General view of path leading through ornamental gardens.

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141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.

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Film negatives of mostly trees and foliage.

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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.

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141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.