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Singapore (river)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

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Aerial view of Singapore River [? 1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/144
Scope and Contents

139 x 193 mm. A view looking down onto the Boat Quay, crowded with moored junks.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Boat Quai, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/24
Scope and Contents

222 x 83 mm. Panoramic view of the Boat Quay looking towards the mouth of the Singapore River.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Boat Quay, Singapore, 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/143
Scope and Contents

204 x 156 mm. A view looking along the waterside steps of the Boat Quay, with twakoys moored at the right.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cavenagh Bridge, Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/2
Scope and Contents 270 x 205 mm (mounted on card). A view looking north across the Cavenagh Bridge from the south bank of the Singapore River (a photograph probably taken from the first floor of the Post Office). Built at the mouth of the river, the bridge was completed in 1869 and it was originally suggested that it be called the Edinburgh Bridge in honour of the recent visit of the Duke. In the event, the view of theTown Council that it should commemorate the last Governor appointed by the East India...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lower reaches of Singapore River [circa 1967], 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/151
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malaya. Singapore River, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Malaya/17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore from Fort Canning, ? 1840s, 1840 - 1849

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/87
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1840 - 1849
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore River, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/44
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/38
Scope and Contents

265 x 206 mm. A view looking north-west towards Fort Canning with a small section of the Singapore River, busy with boats, in the foreground. The photograph appears to have been taken from the Elgin Bridge.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore River, 1950s, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/146
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore River at low tide, 1950s, 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/147
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: Missing from box, June 2007.
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Singapore [river scene], 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/113
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore : the river. Barges bringing goods from the steamers, 1908-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4197
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1908-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore : the river. Barges bringing goods from the steamers, 1908-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4198
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1908-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Singapore waterfront, 1956], 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/141
Scope and Contents

208 x 158 mm. A view looking along the waterfront and across the city, with the Singapore River in the left background.

Dates: 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Singapore, waterway scene in city centre [? 1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/142
Scope and Contents

190 x 243 mm. Showing lighters loaded with cargo on the river in the foreground, with the Boat Quay beyond.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The mouth of S[inga]pore River, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/92
Scope and Contents

267 x 206 mm. A view looking out towards the harbour from the Cavenagh Bridge with sampans loaded with goods entering the river from the port. A photograph taken before the construction of the Anderson Bridge in 1910.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Singapore River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/1
Scope and Contents 275 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view from the South Boat Quay looking north-west along the Singapore River towards Fort Canning. With moored boats in the foreground and craft (blurred through movement) on the river. The hill on which Fort Canning stands was originally known as the Bukit Larangan and was a sacred burial place of the Malay Kings. It was at the summit of what came to be known as Government Hill that Raffles built a bungalow in 1823, and Government House was situated here...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Singapore River and Shenton Way, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Singapore waterfront, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311A/1
Scope and Contents

205 x 138 mm. Aerial view from over the harbour looking across Singapore, with the Singapore River and Boat Quay in the right foreground.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore [? 1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/148
Scope and Contents

139 x 194 mm. A view from a building on the far side of the river looking across towards the Victoria Memorial Hall and the War Memorial obelisk, with the river and part of the Anderson Bridge in the foreground.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Towards the R.A. are stationed. On this side of the water is Mount Parma - wooded, 1908-12 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4159
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. In foreground is Singapore River - nearly all Chinese boats.

Dates: 1908-12 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).