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Kuala Lumpur (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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[Entrance to Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens, ? 1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/4
Scope and Contents

206 x 145 mm. Showing the National Museum building with murals on the exterior depicting Malaysia at work and at play. A note on the reverse reads:

'Two murals of Italian Glass Mosiac depicting Malaysia at work and play on each wing of the National Museum form a striking vista of old Malay architecture at the entrance of Kuala Lumpur's photogenic Lake Gardens'.

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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[Jalan Mountbatten, Kuala Lumpur, 1960s ?], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/3
Scope and Contents 155 x 155 mm. Showing the main shopping thoroughfare of Kuala Lumpur. A note on the reverse reads:'Busy Jalan Mountbatten in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's capital city. In the heart of the city, this is the capital's main shopping thprough [sic]. Picture shows office block in Moorish-style architecture in the background and trishaw rider on the street. The cosmopolitan aspect of this city is seen in the intermingling of the people of various nationalities as shown in the...
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).