| Title |
J.B. Scrivenor collection circa 1904-circa 1910 |
| Reference |
BAM 12 |
| Creator |
Scrivenor, J. B |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1904-circa 1910 |
| Extent and Medium |
148 images in 1 box; In good condition |
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| Content and context |
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Scrivenor was born on 7 December 1876 and was employed as a geologist in the U.K. Geological Survey from 1902-1903. He took up duty as a geologist in the Federated Malay States in 1903. His appointments as recorded in the Malayan Civil List are as follows: Geologist, August 1903; Acting Senior Warden of Mines in addition, March-September 1908; Inns of Court, Officers Training Corps, December 1916; entered Royal Engineers, June 1917-February 1919; resumed duties in Malaya, August 1919; sailed for England on special duty for the State of Kelantan, May 1924; resumed duties in Malay, December 1924; appointed Director, Geological Survey, Federated Malay States, December 1927; date of retirement unkown, but circa 1928; date of death unknown.
Contains gravure prints (probably selected from a larger series). The majority are captioned in pencil on the reverse. Captions for untitled prints composed for this catalogue, and other interpolations are enclosed in square brackets. The views mainly show scenes in Selangor, Perak and Pahang, with a selection of prints (nos 36-57) of Sarawak.
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| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Batu Caves |
| Kampar |
| Kelang |
| Kuching |
| Malay Peninsula |
| Malaysia |
| Pahang |
| Perak |
| Sarawak |
| Selangor |
| Taiping |
| West Malaysia |
| Scrivenor, John Brooke (b 1876) |
| RCS/BAM 12 contains: |
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1
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Coolies at work on irrigation channel. Showing a line of Chinese labourers digging along the bank of a projected canal. Location unknown. |
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2
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[Scene in the (?) Batu Caves]. Showing two Europeans posed at the mouth of a large cave, possibly part of the Batu Caves system. |
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3
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G.E. Greig, Warden of Mines. Showing Gordon Eastley Greig (b 1879) reclining in a wickerwork lounger on the verandah of a house. Greig was appointed Inspector of Mines, Perak in 1902. |
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4
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The Residency, Lipis, Pahang. General view of the Residency at Lipis, a substantial two storey thatched building with a deep verandah running round the ground floor. A later note on the reverse of the print draws attention to the woven matting walls and notes the contrast with urban residencies such as Carcosa. |
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5
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[Malay servants]. Group of three Malay servants, identified as Midri, Bachi and Madoon; the central figure is identified as a Tamil-Malay half caste, the remaining pair as the two ugliest Malays I have ever seen. |
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6
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[European group]. Showing three unidentified Europeans, two men and a woman, posed on the verandah. |
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7
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French miners, Perak : Societe des Etains de Kinta. Showing three French tin miners posed on the steps leading to the verandah of a house at Kinta. |
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8
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Sikh policeman. Full length portrait in uniform. |
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9
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Bamboo jungle. View looking along a path in thick jungle, with tall clumps of bamboo. |
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10
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Chinese miners, Ulu Selangor. Showing a group of Chinese miners posed outside their huts. |
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11
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Englishman in sarong trying to use a biliong. Showing an unidentified Englishman chopping wood with a biliong, an axe with a shaft of whippy bamboo or cane. A group of Chinese miners stands in the background. |
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12
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[Chinese miners, Ulu Selangor]. Similar to BAM 12/10, but with two European figures seated in the foreground. |
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13
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A Malay orderly. Full length portrait of a Malay servant. |
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14
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Wah-Wah snatching a banana. Showing a monkey on a table. |
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15
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Chinese sampans, Port Swettenham. View looking down on a group of sampans in the Klang River at Port Swettenham, Selangor. |
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16
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A garden in Klang [i.e. Kelang], Selangor. View looking across the garden towards a European house (largely obscured by vegetation). A note on the reverse suggests that this might be the house of John Kennaway. |
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17
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A garden in Klang [i.e. Kelang], Selangor. General view. |
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18
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Rotang. Jungle scene with an unidentified European seated in the foreground. Rotang is a species of rattan palm. |
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19
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The Governors welcome in Kampar, Perak. Showing Sikh police and townspeople gathered round a wooden triumphal arch which bears the legend Welcome to Sir John Anderson KCMG (Knight Commander of St Michael and St George) from the Chinese community. Sir John Anderson was Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1904-1911. |
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20
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The Governors welcome in Kampar, Perak. Similar to preceding print, but with fewer people in the foreground. |
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21
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The rest house, Chanderiang. Showing a group of Malays in the street at Chanderiang, with thatched wooden buildings opening onto the street as shops. |
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22
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A street group, Chanderiang. Showing a group of Malays in the street at Chanderiang, with thatched wooden buildings opening onto the street as shops. |
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23
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Chanderiang. View looking along a street of single storey thatched wooden huts. With a bullock cart and two Chinese figures in the foreground. |
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24
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Artificial lake, Taiping, Perak. View looking across the stretch of water towards distant hills. |
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25
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G.E. Hughes. Showing G.E. Hughes, dressed in a sarong and reclining in a wickerwork lounger. George Edward Erskine Hughes (b 1874) was appointed Acting Assistant Inspector of Mines, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor in 1900. |
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26
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Padi fields, Bukit Gantong, Perak. View looking across the stretch of water towards distant hills. |
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27
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The Club, Lipis, Pahang, 1904. General view of the club building, a single storey structure of wood and thatch raised above the ground on piles. |
1904 |
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28
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On the Jelai. View on the Jelai River, with two slim wooden canoes moored in the foreground. |
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29
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On the Jelai, Pahang. |
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30
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The Pahang Trunk Road near Lipis. View looking along the unsurfaced road, with two Malay figures posed in the foreground. |
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31
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At a village window. Showing Malay children looking out from a thatched hut. |
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32
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In the jungle, Pahang : a good path. View looking down on a path running through thick jungle, with figures in the foreground. |
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33
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In the jungle, Pahang : a good path. |
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34
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In a Malay village [?] Pimjom. View looking down onto thatched huts with jungle in the background. |
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35
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The rest house, Kuala Pilah, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan. General view of the rest house, a substantial single storey brick building with tiled roof and a projecting central entrance overlooking the drive. |
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36
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In Kuching. View looking along a waterfront street in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. |
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37
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In Kuching. A street scene. |
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38
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A Chinese temple, Kuching. As captioned. |
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39
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Rajah Brookes Palace, Sarawak. Distant view looking across the river towards the palace. |
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40
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Government Offices, Kuching. View looking across a grass compound towards the government offices, a row of single storied whitewashed buildings with verandahs and tiled roofs. |
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41
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The wharf, Kuching. View from a boat looking down onto the crowded wharf, with the whitewashed buildings of the gaol in the background. |
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42
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A Chinese temple, Kuching. Showing the entrance to the temple, a single storey building with ornately decorated roof ridges. |
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43
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A house in Kuching, Sarawak. General view of a European house in Kuching, a two storey building with a colonnaded verandah on the ground floor. The verandah on the floor above is shaded with cane blinds. |
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44
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The gaol, Sarawak. General view of the gaol at Kuching, a complex of whitewashed buildings with a crenellated imitation castle, presumably the Governor's quarters at the left. |
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45
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The dispensary, Kuching. General view of the dispensary building from the driveway, with rickshaw drivers in the foreground. |
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46
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Government Offices, Kuching. |
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47
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A garden in Kuching : Moirs garden. View looking along a tree-shaded path in a Kuching garden. |
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48
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Kuching, Sarawak : Gunong Matang in the distance. General view looking along the Sarawak River towards the town, with Gunong (mountain) Matang in the distance. |
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49
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A land Dyak who insisted on being photographed in a red plush Chinese hat and Chinese trousers, Tabekang, Ulu Sadong. Full length portrait. |
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50
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Dyaks, Sadong (Sea Dyaks?). Portrait of three Dyak youths seated on steps leadingup to the verandah of a house. |
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51
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Dyak suspension bridge [and] modern suspension bridge, Sarawak. Showing a modern concrete and iron bridge sited next to a small Dyak bridge over a river. |
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52
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The Corporal and the Costermonger, Borneo Malays. Cakes of gutta jelutong on the Malay schooner Banjerwangi, Sarawak. Showing two Malays squatting among sacks of rubber on the deck of the schooner. |
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53
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Gutta hunters huts, S. Sadong, Sarawak. Showing open-sided huts beside a river in the jungle. |
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54
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View from the Sadong Coal Mine, Sarawak. Looking out over jungle. |
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55
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On the Sadong River. Group portrait of Dyaks. |
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56
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Bachelors quarters in Dyak village - the heads are kept here; Land Dyaks, Tabakong, Ulu Sadong. Showing a wood and thatched hut raised on piles, with a group of Dyak youths gathered at an opening in the roof. |
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57
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Tabakang, Ulu Sadong, Sarawak. River view with canoes in the foreground and a thatched house on the further bank. |
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58
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On the Sarang, Pahang. View looking along the river, with jungle on either bank, and a canoe moored in the foreground. |
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59
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Ferrying a house-boat up a rapid. As captioned. |
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60
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Taking a house-boat up a rapid, Pahang. As captioned. |
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61
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After a hard march, S. Telom District [? Pahang]. Showing Malay porters resting in a makeshift open-sided hut. |
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62
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A riverside camp. Showing food being prepared on the bank of a river. |
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63
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Malay sugar mill. Showing sugar cane being ground by a bullock-driven mill. |
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64
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A Malay sugar mill. A more general view of the milling machinery than the preceding print, with harvested sugar cane piled in the foreground. |
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65
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Boats halting by sandbank, Sungei Jelai, Pahang. As captioned. |
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66
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A Kampar Malay trading boat. View from a sandbank on a river looking towards the high-sterned vessel. |
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67
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[?] Bimtal. Showing a small thatched house in a jungle clearing. |
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68
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Water buffalo. Showing water buffalo coming down to a river to drink. |
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69
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P.W.D. bungalow, Dong. Showing a wood and thatch single storey house, with servants quarters at the right and a bullock cart in the foreground. Precise location unidentified: a note on the reverse suggests either Sarawak or Pahang. |
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70
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[European group]. Group portrait of six male Europeans. These are identified as: F.E. TAYLOR; COATES; John BURN; E.A. WATSON (The General); JONES-PARRY (Police) and one unidentified. Frederick Edward Taylor (b 1877) served in the Malayan Civil Service 1900-1924; Geoffrey Lloyd Jones-Parry (b 1877) entered police service in Malaya in 1901. No biographical information has come to hand regarding the other figures. |
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71
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A Malay house near Lipis, Pahang. Showing a wood and thatch house raised on piles. |
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72
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Tualang tree on the road to Grik. As captioned. Grik is situated 45 miles north-east of Taiping in northern Perak. |
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73
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Porch of a Chinese house, Singapore. Showing an array of potted plants in front of the porte cochere of a Chinese house in European style in Singapore. |
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74
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A Chinese house, Singapore. General view of the house seen in the preceding print, with rows of potted plants in the foreground. The house is a two-storied affair in European style with verandahs on both floors and a tiled roof. |
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75
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A road near K[uala] Lumpur, Selangor. Showing thatched huts among palms at the side of a road near Kuala Lumpur. |
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76
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A view in Kuantan, Pahang. View showing canoes moored at the bank of the Kuantan River at Kuantan, with riverside houses raised on piles at the left. |
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77
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Hitam with peacocks and plovers. Showing a youth with dead birds slung on a pole over his shoulder. |
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78
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Baloh, a small port on east coast of peninsula (Pahang). Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, with jungle on either side. |
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79
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Jala in Kuantan River, Pahang. View of a sailing vessel and canoes moored at the bank of the Kuantan River. |
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80
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Beserah, a village in Pahang. Coconuts. View showing a small footbridge crossing a river, with a coconut plantation and a few huts on the farther bank. |
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81
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Baloh, timber yard. Showing sailing vessels moored at the bank of the river, presumably being loaded with timber. |
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82
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In a rest house garden, Kuala Selangor ?. View looking along a shaded path in the rest house garden. |
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83
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The Gap rest house, between Selangor and Pahang. General view of the rest house buildings, set among jungle covered hills in the Semangko Gap. |
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84
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Chinese arch, K[uala] Lumpur, Selangor. As captioned. |
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85
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In a cave, Chintamani, Pahang. As captioned. |
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86
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In Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Street scene. |
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87
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A high road in Perak : Gunong Kerban in distance. View looking along the road towards mountain ranges. |
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88
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In Chanderiang, nr. Taiping. Street scene of Chinese commercial premises. |
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89
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In K. Lumpur, Selangor. View of Chinese houses in a Kuala Lumpur street. |
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90
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A Chinese temple, K. Lumpur, Selangor. Showing part of the façade of a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur. |
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91
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The garden, Morib, Selangor. view looking across the garden towards the sea. Morib is situated 20 miles south of Klang on the Strait of Malacca. |
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92
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A Chinese sluice box. Showing Chinese tin miners bringing material to a sluice box, with living quarters in the background and mountains in the distance. |
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93
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[Beach scene]. Showing Europeans bathing at an unidentified location. |
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94
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In Singapore Harbour. River scene with a settlement and wooded hills in the distance. Precise location unidentified, but possibly showing Keppel or New Harbour. |
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95
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[River scene]. Showing two Europeans bathing in a jungle river. |
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96
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Mossy jungle. Jungle at 5000 [feet], G[unong] Ulu Kali, ? Mat, Selangor. View of jungle undergrowth, with a Malay youth seated in the foreground. |
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97
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A camp in the jungle at 4000 [feet] near G[unong] Uli Kali, Selangor. Showing a camp-site of rough thatched huts in a jungle clearing. |
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98
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Under the granite boulder on way to G[unong] Ulu Kali, Selangor : H.C. Robinson, F.O. Dennis, G.D. Lucas, Seamon. Portrait of the four men grouped beneath the granite rock. Herbert Christopher Robinson (b 1874) was appointed Temporary Curator of the Selangor Museum in 1902 and ratified in that appointment the following year. He became Director of Museums, Federated Malay States, in 1908. No biographical information has been traced on the other figures in the group. |
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99
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In camp at 4000 [feet] near G[unong] Ulu Kali, Selangor. Showing three of the expedition members sitting in the shade of a makeshift palm hut. |
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100
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In camp with the Ark of the Covenant at 4000 [feet], during a journey with Robinson (H.C.) on the slopes of Gunong Ulu Kali, Ulu Selangor. Showing Malay porters seated beneath palm shelters. |
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101
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Gunong Rajah from G[unong] Ulu Kali, Selangor. View looking across jungle covered mountain ranges. |
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102
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On top of Gunong Ulu Kali 5812 [feet] : G.D. Lucas, H.C. Robinson, F.O. Dennis. Showing Lucas, Robinson, Dennis and a group of Malays on the summit of Gunong Ulu Kali. Godfrey Davy Lucas (b 1878) was appointed an Inspector of Mines, Selangor in 1902. He became Warden of Mines in 1908. |
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103
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B.O. Stoney. Showing Bowes Ormonde Stoney (b 1878) dressed in a sarong and poling a canoe on a stretch of river. Stoney entered the Malayan Civil Service in 1902. He appears to have left the service around 1910. |
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104
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Station Master, Tapah Road, Perak. Showing the Chinese Station Master standing in a white uniform on the platform, with a train in the background. |
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105
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My gardeners eldest son (Javanese), Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Full length portrait of a young child. |
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106
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My gardeners wife and son. Showing the mother holding a child in a sling around her shoulder. |
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107
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B.J. Eaton. Full length portrait of Bertie James Eaton (b 1883), dressed in a long silk gown and standing in a garden. Eaton was a Government Chemist in the Federated Malay States. |
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108
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A study in costumes. Showing three figures standing in a garden. On the left is B.J. Eaton (dressed as in the preceding print), and on the right a man in a sarong (possibly J.B. Scrivenor). The central figure, in casual European dress, is unidentified. |
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109
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Sakai women and old man, Chintamani, Pahang. Portrait of a group of Sakai aborigines standing in front of a house raised on wooden piles. |
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110
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Paxon, Rawlinson and H.E. Byrne. Group portrait of the three figures seated on verandah steps with dogs in their laps. Harold Edward Byrne (b 1878) was appointed an Assistant Surveyor in the Perak Trigonometrical Survey in 1901 and became Chief Engineer, Johore in 1911. H.C. Paxon was an Assistant Engineer with the Selangor Government Railway in 1901. No information on Rawlinson. |
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111
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My gardener in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Full length portrait. |
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112
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Mrs V., J.B.S., Batu Caves, Selangor. Showing J.B. Scrivenor and Mrs V. (no further information) exchanging a joke at the mouth of the Batu Caves. |
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113
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Mahomed Mansur. Head and shoulders portrait. |
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114
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B.O. Stoney. |
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115
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Near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. River scene with reeds. |
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116
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Bullock carts fording a river. As captioned. |
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117
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The Langai River near source, Selangor. |
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118
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The Langai River at Ulu Langai, Police Barracks. View looking along the river, with police bungalows set among palm trees on a curve of the stream in the background. |
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119
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The Langai River, Selangor. View looking along the river, with a building, partially obscured by vegetation, in the background (possibly the police barracks at Ulu Langai). |
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120
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The Langai River near source, Selangor. View looking along the river, with two figures in a canoe in the middle ground. |
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121
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Bridge at Langai, Selangor. View looking across the wooden bridge. |
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122
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Malays poling a dug-out. As captioned. |
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123
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Cotton trees, River Jelai, Pahang. View looking across the river towards cotton trees on the farther bank. |
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124
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On the Jelai, Pahang. River scene. |
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125
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Men poling my boat, seen from interior of boat. As captioned. |
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126
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[Hauling a boat over rapids]. Showing two Malays dragging a canoe up-river through rapids. |
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127
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A roadside Malay shop near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Showing a Malay group posed in front of a small thatched hut at the roadside. |
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128
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A road near Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Selangor. View looking along the palm-lined road. |
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129
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In Ulu Gombok, Selangor. Showing thatched houses in Ulu Gombok. |
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130
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Malay throwing a casting net (jala). Showing a Malay fisherman casting a net in a pool or stream. |
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131
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In a Malay village, Pulau Tawar, Pahang. Showing wooden houses raised on piles, with palms in the background. |
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132
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A Malay house on a precipice. Showing a wood and thatch house perched on the side of a steep hill. |
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133
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A meadow in a Malay village. View looking across open, communal grassland towards forest. |
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134
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Bulai, Jim and Bino. Showing three dogs in the shade beneath a verandah. |
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135
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Bungalow at Morib, Selangor. View looking along the drive towards a thatched bungalow. |
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136
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D.O.s house, Jugra Selangor. View looking across the lawn towards the house of the District Officer, a rambling two-storey building with mock-Tudor timbering. |
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137
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At Morib, Selangor. View looking along a path towards a European figure dressed in a sarong. |
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138
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My house in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. View from the verandah looking into the drawing room, furnished with wickerwork chairs and potted plants. |
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139
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L McLean, B.O. Stoney, Bulai, Borti. Showing Lachlan McLean and Bowes Ormonde Stoney seated on the verandah of a house with the two dogs Bulai and Borti. Lachlan McLean (1877-1937) entered the Malayan Civil Service as a Selangor Cadet in 1900. |
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140
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Morib, Selangor. View from a more oblique angle of the bungalow. |
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141
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Grounds of Pauper Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. View looking along a wide tree-shaded avenue towards the entrance gates of the Pauper Hospital. |
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142
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In Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. View looking along a tree-shaded road in Kuala Lumpur. |
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143
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A view in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. View looking along a plant-lined path towards an open-sided pavilion, possibly situated in the gardens beneath Carcosa. |
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144
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My house in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. View from the verandah looking out over the garden. |
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145
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In my office, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. General view of office with desks, looking towards verandah. |
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146
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My office in Kuala Lumpur 1904-1908, Selangor. Similar to preceding print, with bench of geological specimens by the window in the background. |
1904–1908 |
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147
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My house in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. General view of Scrivenors house from the road. |
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148
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WDB. European in white clothing standing by apparatus, perhaps for surveying, on a tripod. WDB is possibly Warren Delabere Barnes (1865-). He was appointed a cadet in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, becoming British Resident in Pahang, 1910-1911. He was at one time Warden of Mines in Pahang, which would have given him a common interest with Scrivenor.
Printed from a cracked negative.. |
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