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144 x 100 mm. A view showing the stone viaduct on Penang Hill, with the line curving away up the hill in the background.

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101 x 133 mm.

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283 x 207 mm. View looking down onto the beach towards the clubhouse.

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270 x 209 mm. A view looking north-east along the waterfront towards the jetty. With small sailing boats in the foreground.

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270 x 209 mm.

Scope and Contents 280 x 208 mm. A view looking along a foreshore at Penang, exact location unidentified but probably the section running parallel to Northern Road. A number of houses can be seen among the trees lining the beach, the nearest of which is identified in a pencilled caption beside the print as House of Dr Glass. This is probably not a contemporary annotation and may refer to G.S. Glass who is listed in the 1925 edition of the Directory and Chronicle of Japan, China, etc. as Assistant Health...

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138 x 88. A view looking along the curving driveway towards the (?) east façade of the Residency.

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277 x 208 mm. A view looking along a tree-lined pathway which runs up to the east entrance to St Xaviers Church, situated just south of the Protestant and Roman Catholic cemeteries in the area bounded by Northam Road, Penang Road, Argyle Road and Transfer Road. Date of construction unknown.

Scope and Contents 291 x 237 mm. A group photograph, taken on the steps of the Penang Cricket Club, showing the two rugby teams. The date, November 30 1925, is painted on the ball at the front of the group. Identified on the reverse are: John FORD (Accountant, Evatt and Co. Penang 1925, Manager 1935); C.C. TAYLOR (Assistant, Mansfield and Co., Penang 1925); G.D.F. SINCLAIR; H.W. RICKEARD (Manager, Rubber Estate Agency, Kedah 1925); C.H. ELDRIDGE (Sub-accountant, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 1935); W....

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275 x 208 mm. A view looking across an open stretch of grassland towards the Sepoy accommodation. Exact location unidentified, but probably at the western edge of George Town at the base of Penang Hill.

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133 x 57 mm. Photographic copy of a painting showing the Nibong stockade at George Town erected on the site of the future Fort Cornwallis.

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133 x 104 mm. View looking along Penang Hill towards the Hotel.

Scope and Contents 280 x 215 mm. A view from the Fort Cornwallis end of the Esplanade looking west across the cricket ground. At the right the Esplanade runs along the seafront, with the bandstand halfway along. On the further side of the cricket ground Esplanade Road runs across the picture from Light Street to the Esplanade just left of centre the old Town Hall is situated between Esplanade Road and Duke Street, with the Penang Cricket Club pavilion to the right and the Municipal Offices to the right...

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140 x 99 mm. Showing the road leading up Penang Hill to the Cragh Hotel.

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276 x 210 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the Esplanade. Date of construction unknown.

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278 x 208 mm. Showing a fan shaped palm tree growing in the garden of an unidentified house, probably in George Town, Penang.

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265 x 213 mm. A view looking south-west along the water front towards the Victoria Pier, with lighters moored in the foreground and steamers at anchor in the roads beyond. A corner of the Government Offices (Downing Street end) can be seen at the right of the print. The Victoria Pier was constructed 1885-1888.

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140 x 99 mm. View from Penang Hill looking across towards the Port Wellesley mainland.

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258 x 280 mm. A view from Penang Hill (also known as Government Hill and situated west of George Town) looking south east across a valley heavily planted with coconut plantations towards another range of hills. Beyond these part of the island of Pulau Jerejak can be seen, with the mainland of Province Wellesley dimly visible in the distance.

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274 x 208 mm. A view looking along a stream bed towards heavily wooded hill side. Possibly taken at the same location as BAM 10/59.

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118 x 178 mm. Showing part of the waterfall in the Botanical Gardens at the foot of the Penang Hill.

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206 x 140 mm. View looking along the George Town water front, with boats moored along the length of the quay.