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150 x 114 mm. View looking along a jetty.

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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.

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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.

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[No print]. Missing. Names of front figures: Wong Chi Binti Radin Yakob / Sapieh Binti Seleman / Miriam Binti Gani / Patima Binti Hagi Yahyah : on necklace a charm : a verse from Koran / Munah Binti Haji Sarat / Miriam Binti Haji Kassim. The word Binti means daughter of. (Fisher).

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Half-plate. [A street factory with pineapples on table ready to be tinned and pineapple skins on floor.]

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Half-plate. [Similar view to 4204 but with prepared pineapples being carried in by two men in a basket on a pole].

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Singapore, including its 50-odd offshore islands and islets has a land area of 617.8km. Its population of 2.4 million comprises 77 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Malays, 6 per cent Indians, and 2 per cent of persons of other ethnic groups.

The pace of development has been rapid, especially in the last decade, and the people live in well-designed modern homes with ample educational, recreational and social amenities.

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Half-plate (trimmed). Chinese instructor and English Superintendent.

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95 x 143 mm. A view looking along the palm- fringed beach at Siglap on the south-east coast of Singapore Island, five miles east of Singapore.

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148 x 117 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Standard I being taught handicraft by Miss Helen Tan and Miss Jessie Tan'.

Scope and Contents 264 x 209 mm (mounted on card). A view looking N.W. [i.e. north-west] across the Padang towards St Andrew's Cathedral. St Andrew's replaced Singapore's first church (built 1834-1838) and was designed by Colonel Macpherson, the Executive Engineer. The foundation stone was laid in March 1856 and the church, built by convicts under the supervision of J.F.A. McNair, was completed by the end of 1860. It was opened for use in October 1861 and consecrated in January 1962 [sic]. A tower had...

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281 x 225 mm. A view looking east along the river towards the harbour, with boats moored in the foreground and the Cavenagh Bridge beyond. A photograph taken before the construction of the Anderson Bridge in 1910.

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View over ship's rail (in foreground) of waterside buildings (small).

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View over ship's rail (in foreground) of waterside buildings (small).

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201 x 137 mm. A photographic copy of Charles Dyces watercolour view of the town, the Singapore River and the roads, from the slopes of Fort Canning (at this period known as Government Hill).

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138 x 87 mm. Group photograph in front of club house.

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116 x 123 mm. Showing a row of four storey apartment block at Perls Hill, with a water supply pipeline in the foreground. The caption on the reverse reads '(see Feature Set Intro. No. 1064). New housing estates demand essential services. This 30-inch pipeline is the main water supply carrying water from Johore to a new housing estate at Perls Hill'.

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The caption continues 'Strict health regulations ensure that food sold in hawker centres like this are hygienic and wholesome'.

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273 x 215 mm. Showing sailing boats lined up for the start of a race, with a paddle steamer in the background. The race is starting just off Johnston's Pier, where crowds of spectators can be seen, with the premises of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the background. At the right is the Post Office.

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137 x 77 mm. A general view of the course, with a race in progress. The first races were held in Singapore in 1843.

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94 x 68 mm. A snapshot taken from the Boat Quay looking down river towards the sea with sampans moored in the foreground.

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239 x 190 mm. A view looking up the Singapore River towards the Elgin Bridge and Fort Canning.

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256 x 209 mm. A view looking along the Singapore River towards the Anderson Bridge, with boats beached on the river bed in the foreground.

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149 x 90 mm. Showing a wooden landing stage on the Singapore River, with small boats in the foreground.

Scope and Contents 287 x 236 mm. A group portrait of members of the club. Identified figures are (l. to r.) Back row: Charles SALTER (Straits Trading); E.C. WINTER (Asiatic Petroleum Co.); E.H. BOWERMAN (Eastern Extension Cable Co.); J.R. STRACHAN (Straits Trading); J.W. JONES (Straits Trading); Middle Row: H.L. HOPKIN (Straits Times); W.T. HOUGHTON (Lewis and Peat); ?H.R.W. HOBB (Tramway Co.); O.L. BORNEMAN (Eastern Agencies); Front row: W.C. HILL (Ho Hong Oil Mills); N.J. SEABROOK (South British...