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272 x 214 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with small craft moored in the foreground and steamers tied up alongside a warehouse at the farther end. Exact location unidentified, but judging by the presence of railway trucks on the wharf, probably part of the Tanjong Pagar complex.

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292 x 195 mm. Showing dancers costumed as lions in the National Day Parade.

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140 x 90 mm. A view looking down river, with barges moored at the Boat Quay in the foreground.

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285 x 236 mm. A group photograph of the two rugby teams. Identified on the reverse are: CURTIS (A.D.O. Alor Gajah); D.E. LANDER; MURPHY (Asst. Headmaster, High School); J.G. BLACK; Bill SYKES; Badger; Edinburgh; S.E. KING (Cadet); Cecil SMITH; VENABLES; REFERN; Charles SALTER; B.E. ABLITT; GORDON-BROWN; W. PENRICE; J. HUSBAND (Govt. Engineer, late of Yasin); P.A.B. MCKERRON (now D.O., Jusin); STEWART.

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80 x 105 mm. Showing a thatched Malay house, raised on stilts and set among palms, with figures in the foreground splitting coconuts

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108 x 139 mm. Showing a Malay yacht under full sail off Singapore.

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274 x 207 mm. 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.

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Coloured oilette postcards of Malaya by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd. marked 'Series II', but not separately numbered.

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203 x 150 mm. A view looking down onto the Singapore cricket pitch with the game in progress. With the harbour in the background.

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Film negatives of trees.

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Landscape format.

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279 x 229 mm. Showing guests gathered in the garden of Government House for the party held in honour of the visit of the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) en route to Java. A brief description of the visit can be found in (Guillemard, 1937, p. 143-145). The figures in this photograph have not been individually identified.

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285 x 233 mm. A closer view of guests at the garden party: Clemenceau stands with his back to the camera, to right of centre. The governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard stands at his left in the group.

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284 x 232 mm.

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287 x 240 mm.

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269 x 209 mm. A view looking along Telok Ayer Street, with the Islamic Nagore Durgha mosque at the right and Chinese temple, the Thian Hock Keng in the centre of the print. The Nagore Durgha (originally known as Shahul Hamid Durgha) was built by South Indian Muslims in 1828-1830. Another, unidentified Islamic mosque can be partially seen at the left of the print.

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143 x 89 mm. Showing traffic on the newly widenend Mountbatten Road.

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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.

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(image missing). The first question mark is Corner's own.

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277 x 228 mm. Showing an unidentified figure making a speech, with Clemenceau (back to camera) and Sir Laurence Guillemard seated at the left and crowds of spectators at the right. In the background a notice points out the path of Clemenceau Avenue which runs between Orchard and Havelock Roads in the west of the city.

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277 x 228 mm.

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A series of photographs of Nanyang University, founded as a college for Chinese-medium instruction and given University status in 1968. The University amalgamated with the University of Singapore in 1980 to create the National University of Singapore.

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292 x 212 mm. Showing schoolboys bearing banners marching along the streets of Singapore.

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Skirts crimson, orange, green, and other bright colours, but not any ochre yellow or pure blue. Mostly Malays, but some Javanese. [In the playground, similar to 4168 with trees and buildings in the background].

Scope and Contents Articles and photographs regarding Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, taken from newspapers and other publications. The first half of the scrapbook is devoted to photographs. There are a few maps, including some of South East Asia. These are followed by photographs relating mainly to the domestic economy, including batik, cinchona (quinine), coffee, copra, fishing, rice, rubber, salt, sugar, tea, teak, tobacco and woodcarving. There are also general photographs of market scenes and...