Royal Commonwealth Society : Singapore

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 until the building of Fort Canning in 1859. On the river immediately below the fort is the Elgin Bridge, an iron girder construction imported from Calcutta and erected in 1863. The bridge, which replaced Thompson's Bridge, was itself replaced in 1925. At the right of the picture can be seen the river frontage of the government offices. These buildings were extended down to the river by J.F.A. McNair between 1873-1875. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

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 Company, Sir Orfeur Cavenagh, prevailed. On the far side of the river, partly concealed by trees, the Government Offices and the Town Hall can be seen. In the left foreground is part of Emmerson's Billiard Hall and Reading Rooms. Emmerson's Tiffin Rooms was established in 1866 and occupied part of Flint's Buildings, demolished in 1906. Charles Emerson (d. 1883) had first come to Singapore as a vet in 1860 and was also proprietor of the Clarendon Hotel (Makepeace, ii, 505) and Buckley, p. 681, 751, 752). Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

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 Andrews 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 1862 [sic]. A tower had been intended in the original plans, but the light foundations dictated a steeple. (McNair, 1899, p. 97-101) and (Buckley, p. 292-299). Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

274 x 180 mm (mounted on card). Showing a row of Chinese houses in Telok Ayer Street which, prior to reclamation in the 1880s, ran close to the seashore of Telok Ayer Bay. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

274 x 207 mm. (mounted on card). A view from Telok Ayer Street showing the Thain Hock Keng Temple, built between 1839-1842 with materials imported from China. Dedicated to the goddess Ma-Cho-Po, Mother of Heavenly Sages, it was declared a national monument in 1973.

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.

280 x 207 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking across a stretch of water towards the wooded shore, with the bungalow standing on a small headland. Maurice Alexander Cameron R.E. was Deputy Colonial Engineer and Surveyor General of the Straits Settlements from 1883-1892. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

269 x 209 mm. A view from Mount Faber looking across St James and New Harbour towards Pulau Brani, with a Malay village in the foreground and the chimneys of the tin smelting works (opened in 1890) rising from behind the trees in the distance. Better known as New Harbour, it is located south- west of the town and was surveyed by Henry Keppel who in 1848 made repairs there to his ship the Meander. Its importance was largely eclipsed by the growth of the Tanjong Pagar Docks.

274 x 211 mm. A view looking down onto the Victoria Dock which contains an American-built barque and a steamer, with a large group of the workforce watching the photographer from the dockside. Established in 1863 to cope with increasing congestion in the New Harbour, by 1866 a 750 ft wharf had been built and two years later the graving dock, named after Queen Victoria, was opened. A second graving dock, the Albert Dock, followed in 1879. A period of recession was ended by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and thereafter the Tanjong Pagar Docks occupied a monopolistic position: in 1885 it took over the Borneo Company wharf and fourteen years later in 1899 bought out the New Harbour Dock Company. It was expropriated by the government in 1905.

272 x 214 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with small craft moored in the foreground and steamers tied up alongside a warehouse at the farther end. Exact location unidentified, but judging by the presence of railway trucks on the wharf, probably part of the Tanjong Pagar complex.

273 x 214 mm. A view looking along one of the wharves in the Tanjong Pagar Docks, with disembarking passengers, porters and coolies on the quayside and a large steamer moored at the left.

278 x 211 mm. A view looking over warehouses and coal stores towards the wharves, where a number of steamers are moored. The view looks north-east along the waterfront, towards the Albert and Victoria Docks on the headland in the distance. The wharf of the Borneo Company was purchased by the Tanjong Pagar Docks in 1885 for $1,000,000.

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.

269 x 208 mm.

273 x 208 mm.

265 x 202 mm. A view from the waterfront near the Post Office (near the site of the present Anderson Bridge) looking up the Singapore River towards the Cavenagh Bridge. The imposing buildings beyond, at the corner of Bonham Street and Boat Quay, are the premises of the Katz Brothers, traders in Singapore since 1864.

273 x 211 mm. A view from the harbour looking towards the Collyer Quay waterfront, with a sampan loaded with sacks in the foreground and boats and lighters moored near the shore. Johnston's Pier is at the extreme right of the print.

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.

264 x 180 mm. A view of Collyer Quay from the waterfront, with the buildings owned by A.L. Johnston in the left foreground. Johnston, one of Singapore's most eminent citizens and businessmen, had come to the island in 1819 (see Buckley, numerous references). The buildings on Collyer Quay were leased to the firm of Robinson and Co., whose name can be seen above the entrance (Philip Robinson had come to Singapore from Melbourne in 1857 and the business was founded the following year: see Buckley, p. 672). These buildings were demolished in 1890 to make way for the offices of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Also visible in the photograph are the premises of McAlister and Co. at the corner of Battery Road and Flint Street. Founded in 1857, the business moved its premises to make way for the Chartered Bank in 1895 (see Buckley, p. 713). Behind McAlister can be seen part of the premises of the sailmaker Davies.

Photographer is unknown.

273 x 214 mm. A view looking along one side of Raffles Square showing the premises of John Little and Co., with rickshaws and hack gharries in the roadway in front of the store. Francis Martin established a business in Singapore in 1842 which became Little, Cursetjee and Co., in 1845. Cursetjee left the partnership in 1853 and it was continued thereafter by J.M. and Matthew Little. From that date the company occupied the same site in the square, from the original modest building (for an engraving of which see Buckley, p. 350), to more spacious premises and then to the ornately facaded emporium seen here. Further alterations were made to the frontage around 1910. The business was sold to Robinson and Co., in the 1950s and the building later largely demolished apart from sections in the façade. (Buckley, 350-351; 20th century impressions, pp. 681-684; Makepeace, ii, 202).

214 x 272 mm. A view looking across the crowded square towards the Collyer Quay waterfont, with boats anchored in the harbour beyond. Dominating the square are the buildings of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The offices were completed in 1892 and the site of A.L. Johnston's building and stood until 1919 when they were demolished to make way for newer premises which were completed in 1925. Commercial Square is more correctly Fullerton Square, Commercial Square being the old name for Raffles Place.

269 x 208 mm. A similar view to BAM 1: 21 but showing a band and company of Indian soldiers marching through the square. These are identified in Singapore retrospect (Tan, 1982, p. 119) postcards as being members of the Madras Infantry marching through the square after an official reception in 1906. The exact occasion is not identified but, judging from Straits Settlements Reports for 1906 (cd. 3729-4) the most noteworthy official visit was that of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in early February who was on his way to Japan to invest the Mikado with the Order of the Garter; this ceremony may have been connected with the event. From the position of the shipping in the harbour, the photograph was evidently taken on the same occasion as BAM 1: 21.

273 x 214 mm. A view from the sea looking towards Fullerton Square, with Johnston's Pier at the left and the offices of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation beyond. At the back of the square are the Chartered Bank Buildings which replaced the premises of McAlister and Co., and at the right can be seen part of the Exchange Buildings, built between 1865-1870. With sampans in the foreground.

272 x 214 mm. A view looking north along Collyer Quay towards Johnston's Pier and the Exchange buildings, with rickshaws parked and plying their trade in the roadway.

271 x 207 mm. A view looking across the Padang with Raffles Monument in the left foreground and the Cathedral beyond. The Raffles Monument, an eight foot high bronze statue of the founder of Singapore sculpted by Thomas Woolner at a cost of £2,000, was unveiled by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Frederick Weld on June 27 1887, Queen Victoria's Golden jubilee. It was moved to a site in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall in celebration of Singapores centenary in 1919 (see BAM 1: 55). In 1942, during the Japanese occupation, it was removed and stored in the Museum, but was reinstated by the Governor in 1947.

293 x 245 mm. A view looking up from one of the driveways in the garden towards Government House. Singapore's first gubernatorial residence had been the house build by Raffles on the summit of what was to become Fort Canning and for a period after the building of the Fort, the Governor lived in rented accommodation in the town ( Buckley, p. 675). As with St Andrews Cathedral, Government House was erected under the supervision of J.F.A. McNair, using largely convict labour, and was ready for occupation in October 1869. McNair (1899, p. 101-194) provides details of the house and its construction.

273 x 213 mm. Showing Chinese and Malayan street hawkers gathered round a meat stall outside the tailoring establishment of Tong Cheong at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road. Cross Street was also known as King Street by the Chinese and as Kampong Susu by the Malays.

269 x 209 mm. A view looking along Telok Ayer Street, with the Mohammedan Nagore Durgha mosque at the right and Chinese temple, the Thian Hock Keng in the centre of the print. The Nagore Durgha (originally known as Shahul Hamid Durgha) was built by South Indian Muslims in 1828-1830. Another, unidentified Mohammedan mosque can be partially seen at the left of the print.

237 x 192 mm. A view looking towards the altar of an unidentified Chinese temple, probably in Singapore.

Photographer unknown.

207 x 27 mm. Showing the gopuran (entrance gate-tower) of the Sri Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Road, built between 1827 and 1843.

215 x 272 mm. A view looking along an irrigation canal running through a coconut plantation at Tanjong Katong.

271 x 215 mm. A view looking across a stretch of water towards a village of thatched huts raised on stilts, and with a group of young Malay boys in the foreground. Campong Kallang is situated in the north-east section of Singapore Island at the mouth of the Kallang River.

272 x 215 mm. A view, looking down the garden towards the water where a paddle steamer is moored, and across a stretch of water towards Changi, situated on the eastern tip of Singapore Island.

273 x 214 mm. A view framed by trees, taken from the southernmost point of St James and looking south-east across the New Harbour channel towards the Saga Village on Pulau Brani, with Pulau Blakang Mati (Sentosa) in the foreground.

274 x 214 mm. A view looking across a stretch of water towards an island, with a small fishing boat in the foreground. Exact location unidentified.

198 x 244 mm. A full length seated studio portrait of a smiling Malay boy wearing the traditional baju (collarless tunic), kain (sarong) and songkok (black velvet hat).

269 x 208 mm. Showing three Chinese priests in ceremonial robes gathered around a large metal vessel.

269 x 188 mm. Showing a Malay gamelong orchestra with their instruments.

268 x 208 mm. A studio photograph showing two Indian men and a boy seated on the ground with the equipment for the mango trick laid out before them; these consist of woven baskets and the cloth beneath which the mango tree appears to grow in the space of a few minutes.

215 x 272 mm. Showing a wine palm growing beside an ornamental lake in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The idea of a Botanic Gardens had been formulated as early as 1822 and land was set aside on the slopes of Fort Canning for the purpose. The present gardens were established in 1859 when the government gave a grant of 50 acres of land to the Singapore Agri-Horticultural Society for the purpose. These were opened to the public in 1874.

272 x 214 mm. A studio photograph showing specimens of Singapore produce. These include custard apple, pineapple, jackfruit, coconut, banana, popia, durian, etc.

274 x 214 mm. Showing two European men and a child standing in front of a wooden thatched house raised on stilts in a setting of coconut palms. Exact location unidentified.

224 x 214 mm. Showing atap palms growing beside a river or pool with a European bungalow (largely obscured by vegetation) in the background.

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

Photographer is unknown.

108 x 139 mm. Showing a Malay yacht under full sail off Singapore.

Photographer is unknown.

165 x 115 mm. A view from the Singapore Club (which occupied rooms in the Exchange Building) looking down onto Fullerton Square and along Battery Road. Immediately opposite is a part of the offices of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and next to this, largely obscured by a tree, the Medical Hall founded in 1882.

Photographer unknown.

198 x 130 mm. A view looking south along Armenian Street from the junction with Stamford Road. In the left foreground are the premises of Wilson and Co. photographers. Possibly taken by Wilson and Co.

77 x 95 mm. A snapshot looking along a Chinese street in Singapore, with a rickshaw in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

131 x 80 mm. A view of the Cenotaph with the harbour in the background. Designed by Denis Santry, the monument is in the form of a rectangular column surmounted by squat Greek Doric orders supporting a sarcophagus. The foundation stone was laid by the Governor, Sir Laurence Guillemard on November 15 1920 in the presence of the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, then visiting Singapore. The cenotaph was unveiled by the Prince of Wales on March 31 1922.

Photographer unknown.

98 x 148 mm. Showing a Malay man standing beside the tree. On reverse of print: This tree produces an undesirable rubber. The tree was destroyed on orders by Mr I.H. Burkill, Director of Gardens, Singapore, sometime after 1918, when this photograph was taken.

Photographer unknown.

84 x 131 mm. Showing a postman with his bag, holding letters in each hand.

Photographer unknown.

101 x 152 mm. A view looking along a road with a Malay man and several children watching the photographer, and with houses and coconut palms in the background.

Photographer unknown.

148 x 100 mm. General view of a Malay Campong.

Photographer unknown.

80 x 105 mm. Showing a thatched Malay house, raised on stilts and set among palms, with figures in the foreground splitting coconuts

Photographer unknown.

112 x 150 mm. Showing the crowd gathered outside the Victoria Memorial Hall on February 6 1919 for the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the settlement. To celebrate the occasion Raffles statue was moved from its original location on the Padang and placed, together with an inscribed tablet, in front of the hall. The unveiling was performed by Sir Arthur Young (Governor of the Straits Settlements 1911-1919) who can be seen reading the address near the base of the statue.

Photographer unknown.

279 x 229 mm. Showing guests gathered in the garden of Government House for the party held in honour of the visit of the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) en route to Java. A brief description of the visit can be found in (Guillemard, 1937, p. 143-145). The figures in this photograph have not been individually identified.

285 x 233 mm. A closer view of guests at the garden party: Clemenceau stands with his back to the camera, to right of centre. The governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard stands at his left in the group.

284 x 232 mm.

287 x 240 mm.

277 x 228 mm. Showing an unidentified figure making a speech, with Clemenceau (back to camera) and Sir Laurence Guillemard seated at the left and crowds of spectators at the right. In the background a notice points out the path of Clemenceau Avenue which runs between Orchard and Havelock Roads in the west of the city.

277 x 228 mm.

127 x 78 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales being greeted in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall on his arrival at Singapore: The most noteworthy event of the year was the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Colony. The weather was perfect and the Prince received a most enthusiastic and sincere welcome from all classes of the community. All the races of Asia meet in Singapore and one and all joined in adorning the city for the visit. The Chinese, Indian, Ceylonese, Singhalese and Japanese communities did most generous work and from the gorgeous Chinese arch near to Johnston's Pier [see BAM 1: 68] to the very beautiful Malay arch on Government Hill the decorations were representative of the artistic ideals of every race in the Far East. Nowhere was the Prince received with more spontaneous enthusiasm than at Childrens Corner where 10,000 children of all nationalities in the Colony were gathered together to meet him. On the evening of His Royal Highness' arrival the Banquet at Government House was followed by the official Ball - the largest that the colony has ever known. On the following afternoon His Royal Highness was present at the race meeting specially arranged under the auspices of the Straits Racing Association and the visit was brought to a close by the ball given to the officers of HMS Renown at the Victoria Memorial Hall and by a wonderful Lantern Procession, which was organized with an immense amount of labour by the Chinese community and in which a number of Malay clubs also took part. Penang was equally enthusiastic in her welcome as far as the short duration of His Royal Highness' visit to the Settlement allowed. Immediately after the official reception on the day of his arrival His Royal Highness unveiled the War Memorial [see BAM 1: 49], a monument of which the Colony may well be proud, and in the afternoon opened the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, an exhibition of the trade and economic possibilities of British Malaya and British Borneo which had been arranged to synchronise with His Royal Highness visit. (Straits Settlements Annual Report for 1922, No. 1186, p. 54).

Photographer unknown.

168 x 94 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales approaching the Governor, Sir Laurence GUILLEMARD (obscured behind aide) and other officials in Empress Place. In front of the Prince stands the Rt. Revd. Charles James [i.e. Robert] FERGUSON-DAVIE (1872-1963), Bishop of Singapore 1901-1927 and at the end of the procession is Sir Walter Sidney SHAW (1863-1937), Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements 1921-1925.

141 x 84 mm. Showing the Grand Hotel de l'Europe emblazoned along its length with the legend God Bless the Prince of Wales. Situated on the Esplanade near the Victoria Memorial Hall (part of which is visible at the left of the print), the hotel was established in 1857 and occupied the same site until the building was demolished in 1936. (Makepeace, ii, 197 and Tyers, p. 89). But see Turnbull (1975, p. 47) who dates the naming of the hotel somewhat later.

Photographer unknown.

136 x 83 mm. Showing the decorated arch of welcome built by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in honour of the Princes visit.

Photographer unknown.

141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.

Photographer unknown

141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.

Photographer unknown.

141 x 83 mm. A view looking along the waterfront (? On Collyer Quay) towards the Chinese Arch of Welcome.

Photographer unknown.

141 x 83 mm. As described, with spectators and motor cars in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

75 x 53 mm. Showing a group of officers gathered for the funeral of Lim Boh Seng. A former student of Raffles Institution and Hong Kong University, Lim Boh Seng had taken such an active part in anti-Japanese activities that the authorities had considered banishing him. At the Governors' request he formed a Chinese liaison committee for civil defence and this committee proved to be the only body capable of recruiting labour during the Japanese bombardment of Singapore. Lim Boh Seng escaped to India just before the fall of Singapore and worked recruiting members for the underground movement in Malaya. In 1943 he returned to Perak to join the guerillas but was caught by the Japanese and died under torture. See Turnbull (1977, p. 178, 188, 194). In the centre of the group seen here is (Sir) Patrick Archibald Bruce McKerron (1896-1964), Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer and later Colonial Secretary (1946-1950). At his left stands Robert Edward Foulger (1899-1969), Commissioner of Police, and at his right Colonel P.J.D. Regester ( - ) O.B.E. Other figures unidentified.

Photographer unknown.

75 x 53 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron walking along a path, with a military escort.

Photographer unknown.

155 x 109 mm. Showing McKerron, Foulger and Regester standing at attention beside the wreaths laid in front of the grave.

Photographer unknown.

155 x 110 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron standing at attention with a group of Chinese Malayans in front of the wreaths laid outside.

Photographer unknown.

109 x 155 mm. Showing P.A.B. McKerron making the funeral oration on the steps of the Victoria Memorial Hall [?]

Photographer unknown.

111 x 146 mm. Showing Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952, and P.A.B. McKerron, Colonial Secretary, standing beneath the Raffles statue in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall during the reinstatement ceremony in 1947.

Photographer unknown.

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

Photographer unknown.

269 x 208 mm. A view looking along a village street set among coconut palms. Exact location unknown.

275 x 212 mm (mounted on card). A team photograph, mounted on card with identifications and scores in letterpress. Figures in the photograph are: J.A. Healing (Negri Sembilan); C. Glassford (Selangor); G.P. Stevens (Singapore); J.G. MacTaggart (Singapore); Frederic William Talbot (Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan) b. 1865, State Auditor of Negri Sembilan; Lieut. A.J. Woodroffe, R.E. (Singapore); Mr Justice Andrew John Leach (Singapore) b. 1851, Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements; Captain Henry Lynch Talbot (Captain, Selangor) 1863-1911, Commissioner of Police, Federated Malay States. Theodore R. Hubback (Selangor), authority on big game shooting in Malaya; author of Elephant and seladang hunting in the Federal Malay States (1905); brother of A.B. Hubback; G.F.C. Curtis (Perak), Acting collector of Land Revenue, Batang Padang, in 1901; Ernest Waller Neubronner (Selangor); b. 1867. Entered Straits Clerical Service 1883; R.M. McKenzie (Perak), Clerk in the Land Department, Taiping in 1901; Arthur Benson Hubback (Selangor) 1877-1948. Public Works Department, Federated Malay States. D.S.O., 1918. The first mention of cricket being played in Singapore dates back to 1837 when complaints were made about Europeans playing the game on the Esplanade on a Sunday afternoon (Buckley, p. 314), but the first recorded match took place in October 1852 when a Picked Eleven v. The Club (with six men on one side and nine on the other) played each other. The Picked Eleven, who scored 11 in the first innings and 1 in the second, were easily beaten by The Club. Sir Ernest Birch gives this account in Imperial cricket (ed., P.F. Warner, London, 1912) p. 382. In 1897 a Straits team went to Hong-Kong, and won by an innings and 69 runs. Out of a total of 413 in their first knock, C.G. Glassford made 110, G.P. Stevens 101, and H.L. Talbot 81 .. McKenzie took twelve Hong-Kong Wickets for 109 runs. During this trip the Straits met Shanghai in Hong-Kong for the first time [November 10] and won by an innings and 11 runs, McKenzie obtaining ten wickets for 57 runs.

Photographer unknown

277 x 215 mm (mounted on card)

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144 x 103 mm. Showing a European group in riding clothes standing among palm trees. None of the figures is identified. Exact location and event unidentified.

Photographer unknown.

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

Photographer unknown.

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 Insurance Co.); W. MAKEPEACE (Singapore Free Press); J.R. MORRISON (Borneo Co. Ltd.); T.C. MARTINE (Borneo Co. Ltd.).

Photographer unknown.

285 x 236 mm. A group photograph of the two rugby teams. Identified on the reverse are: CURTIS (A.D.O. Alor Gajah); D.E. LANDER; MURPHY (Asst. Headmaster, High School); J.G. BLACK; Bill SYKES; Badger; Edinburgh; S.E. KING (Cadet); Cecil SMITH; VENABLES; REFERN; Charles SALTER; B.E. ABLITT; GORDON-BROWN; W. PENRICE; J. HUSBAND (Govt. Engineer, late of Yasin); P.A.B. MCKERRON (now D.O., Jusin); STEWART.

Photographer unknown.

203 x 150 mm. A view looking down onto the Singapore cricket pitch with the game in progress. With the harbour in the background.

Photographer unknown.

148 x 108 mm. Showing a group of members at the re-opening of the Club after the war. Identified on the reverse are G.V. ALLEN; O.W. GILMOUR; P.A.B. McKERRON; John BAGNALL; BATEMAN. Photograph by Public Relations Office, Singapore.

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.

267 x 209 mm. A similar view to BAM 1: 2, but taken at a later date.

269 x 204 mm.

260 x 208 mm.

266 x 210 mm. A view from the sea looking towards jetties and warehouses at Pulo Brani near Keppel or New Harbour.

266 x 210 mm.

275 x 207 mm. A general view of Government House. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

197 x 113 mm. (mounted on card). A modern copy of a print taken on the verandah of Government House. The figures in the group are identified as follows: Captain Lord Charles SCOTT (1839-1911), Commander of the Bacchante; (later Sir) William Edward MAXWELL (1846-1897), Acting Resident at Perak; Captain Henry Stopford TUNNARD, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Frederick Weld 1881-1883; Sir Frederick Aloysius WELD (1823-1891), Governor of the Straits Settlements 1880-1887; Prince Edward, Duke of Clarence (1864-1892); the Maharaja of Johore; Prince George of Wales, Later King George V (1865-1936); George BROWN, Private Secretary to Sir Frederick Weld, 1881-1883; Col. H. PARNELL, C.B.; Minnie WELD; Miss WELD; Lady Filomena WELD; Cecily WELD; Edie WELD; Revd. John Neale DALTON (1839-1931), Governor to Princes Albert Victor and George 1879-1884 and Chaplain, H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882; Captain MACLEAR R.N.; Captain Durrant of H.M.S. Cleopatra.

Photographer unknown.

145 x 100 mm. Showing troops on parade on the ground in front of the Europe Hotel, which has the word PEACE emblazoned on its frontage.

Photographer unknown.

146 x 97 mm. Showing three figures leaning against a fence at the polo ground. The nearest figure appears to be the Prince of Wales, in which case the date would be 1922 rather than 1921.

Photographer unknown.

147 x 122 mm. Showing officers and civilians on parade in front of the Singapore War Memorial. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson (1890-1975) stands at the head of the group.

147 x 122 mm. Showing a group of officials seated round a table. The figures are identified as: Walker (Secretary); (Sir) Alexander Theodore NEWBOULT (1896-1974), Chief Secretary, Malayan Union 1946-1950; Sir Gerald [i.e. Gerard] Edward James GENT (1895-1948), Governor, Malayan Union 1946-1948; Hugh Patterson BRYSON (1898-1977), Assistant Secretary, Singapore 1956-1949; J.S. DUMERESQUE, Head of Broadcasting; Sir Franklin GIMSON (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952.

Photographer unknown.

145 x 109 mm. Showing a group seated round a table having a meal. H.P. Bryson is at the centre of the group.

Photographer unknown.

154 x 101 mm. Showing Sir Franklin Gimson talking to H.P. Bryson and an unidentified Malayan banker on the steps of (?) the Victoria Memorial Hall. In the background are Dr. W.J. VICKERS; Nelson JONES (1895-1951), Malayan Civil Service 1919-1947; Andrew GILMOUR (1898-), Malayan Civil Service 1921-1953.

Photographer unknown.

116 x 145 mm. Showing Sir Patrick Alexander Bruce MCKERRON (1896-1964), taking the oath of office before (Sir) Charles Murray MURRAY-AYNSLEY (1893-1967), Chief Justice of Singapore 1946-1955. McKerron was Colonial Secretary, Singapore from 1946-1950 and administered the government on two occasions. Hugh BRYSON stands at the right of the photograph.

146 x 115 mm. As described in the title.

150 x 90 mm. A view looking across the Padang towards St Andrew's Cathedral.

Photographer unknown.

149 x 90 mm. Showing a busy street in Singapore, with the river in the foreground. Probably taken in the Boat Quay area of the city.

Photographer unknown.

147 x 91 mm. A view from a hillside in the gardens looking down onto an ornamental lake.

Photographer unknown.

150 x 90 mm. Showing a sunset, with buildings (possibly part of the naval station) silhouetted in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

143 x 92 mm. A view looking across a courtyard towards Chinese buildings.

Photographer unknown.

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

Photographer unknown.

150 x 89 mm. Showing an unidentified street in Singapore, with a bullock cart in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

148 x 90 mm. Showing a traffic policeman on duty on a chequered stand at a traffic intersection.

Photographer unknown.

149 x 90 mm. A view looking across the lawn of an unidentified house, with life size models of animals on the grass.

Photographer unknown.

90 x 149 mm. A view looking across a room towards a wall crowded with images of Buddha, with two rows of low seats in the foreground.

Photographer unknown

145 x 89 mm. Showing a wooden house set among jungle, with boats moored at the river side in the right foreground.

Photographer unknown.

149 x 90 mm. A view from the edge of the jungle looking towards the sea, with wooden houses raised on stilts on the foreshore.

Photographer unknown.

151 x 90 mm. A view from the mouth of the Singapore River looking towards the Anderson Bridge (constructed 1910) and the G.P.O. With sampans in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

90 x 151 mm. A view looking through an archway towards the tower of the Victoria Memorial Hall, completed in 1905.

Photographer unknown.

90 x 151 mm. A view looking along an unidentified Chinese street.

Photographer unknown.

90 x 151 mm. A view, framed by two palm trees, looking across the Straits of Johore.

Photographer unknown.

90 x 151 mm. A view showing the West end of St Andrew's Cathedral at night.

Photographer unknown.

151 x 90 mm. A view looking across the sports field, with the Straits of Johore in the background.

Photographer unknown.

78 x 130 mm. Showing the dome and part of the façade of an unidentified building in Islamic style.

Photographer unknown.

151 x 90 mm. Showing six fishermen rowing a sampan.

Photographer unknown.

151 x 90 mm. Showing a group drinking tea in an open summer house on a lake in the gardens. Exact location unidentified.

Photographer unknown.

83 x 133 mm. A view looking along a bay, with jungle reaching down to the edge of the water.

Photographer unknown.

83 x 133 mm. A view looking down along a dock area from an aeroplane, with a steamer in the foreground.

Photographer unknown.

124 x 91 mm. Showing an unidentified waterside village with jungle beyond.

Photographer unknown.

129 x 81 mm. A general view of a village set among coconut palms.

Photographer unknown.

132 x 81 mm. A view looking along the driveway towards the hospital buildings (possibly the Outram General Hospital, opened in 1926).

Photographer unknown.

82 x 115 mm. A view showing the front façade of the temple, with tigers painted on the eaves and two statues of tigers flanking the entrance.

Photographer unknown.

120 x 80 mm. A view looking along the aisle of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore's Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1843 and 1846.

Photographer unknown.

127 x 75 mm. Showing a group of pith helmetted Europeans examining a biplane which has crashed-landed in woodland. Exact date, circumstances and location unknown.

Photographer unknown.

138 x 82 mm. Showing lightning flashing in a stormy sky, with trees silhouetted in the foreground.

149 x 89 mm. A view from a ship looking down on the quayside, with the troops disembarking in the foreground.

Photographer unknown. Print signed ? Evan.

143 x 92 mm. Showing Jean Batten (indistinct) seated in the cockpit of her aeroplane, with European spectators in the foreground. Jean Batten (b 1909) made her solo flight from England to New Zealand in 11 days in October 1936.

Photographer unknown.

81 x 54 mm. Showing Evan (no further identification) seated at the centre of an Indian group, probably in Singapore.

Photographer unknown.

81 x 54 mm.

Photographer unknown.

54 x 79 mm. Showing a young Indian man and woman seated beneath the decorated canopy seen in the preceding two prints. The occasion appears to be a marriage ceremony.

Photographer unknown.

78 x 54 mm. Showing a procession of Tamils walking along a road bearing a coffin.

Photographer unknown.

80 x 55 mm. A view looking across a courtyard towards the house.

Photographer unknown.

81 x 55 mm. Showing part of the buildings seen in the preceding print.

Photographer unknown.

89 x 53 mm. Showing oxen gathered at the edge of the water, with houses and palms in the background.

Photographer unknown.

86 x 63 mm.

Photographer unknown.

78 x 54 mm. Showing a horse gharry parked on the Singapore waterfront.

Photographer unknown.

195 x 139 mm. Showing a Chinese woman and two Indian men eating at a street stall.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

137 x 195 mm. Showing a Tamil man drinking tea at a street stall.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

196 x 142 mm. Showing a Chinese fortune teller (? or calligrapher) squatting behind a mat laid out with various texts written in Chinese script.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

142 x 195 mm. Showing a Malay barber cutting the hair of an Indian customer.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

142 x 196 mm. Showing a cobbler at work in a back street, possibly in Ipoh, with a row of shoes laid out in the foreground.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

143 x 197 mm. Showing a Chinese (?) barber syringing the ears of a fellow countryman.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

141 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated on a mat in the street smoking a cigarette.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

144 x 195 mm. Showing a Chinese woman (with bound feet) with a young child slung on her back.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated in the street on a wooden stool and eating with chopsticks from a bowl.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese priest standing beside a metal (? incense) bowl.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.

143 x 195 mm. Showing an aged Chinese man chopping a vegetable on a board laid on top of two tin boxes.

Possibly taken by W. [i.e.?] J. Lowther Kemp, President, BAM, 1927-1928.