<p style='text-align: justify;'>The British Association of Malaysia and Singapore was composed of men and women with an interest in the history and culture of the two nations, and traced its origins back to 1868. From 1952 it began acquiring photographs documenting their people and places, eventually amassing a collection of approximately 1400 images. The earliest date from the 1880s and together they represent the work of both talented amateurs and leading professional photographers. The collection was presented to the Royal Commonwealth Society upon the dissolution of the association in 1973. The Janus record for this item can be found <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FBAM'>here</a></p>