Janus: Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

RCS/BAM contains:
1	Singapore
2	Straits Settlements (excluding Singapore)
3	Perak
4	Selangor
5	Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan and Pahang
6	The history of '64'
7	Portraits
8	Malayan railways
9	Non-Malayan photographs
10	Sumatra, Singapore, Penang [i.e. Pinang]
11	E.B. Maundrell collection 1906
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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

Title	Straits Settlements (excluding Singapore)
Reference	BAM 2
Covering Dates	circa 1880-circa 1948
Extent and Medium	83 images in 2 boxes

Index Terms

Straits Settlements. Legislative Council

RCS/BAM 2 contains:

Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, 28th October, 1925. 294 x 235 mm. (mounted on card). Handwritten identifications on the reverse. A group portrait. Figures in the group are: D.J. WARD; A.M. POUNTNEY; Sir William PEEL (1875-1945), Malayan Civil Service 1897-1935, Resident Councillor, Penang; Major General Sir Theodore FRASER (1865-1953), General Officer Commanding, Malaya 1924-1927; Edward Shaw HOSE (1871-1946), Malayan Civil Service 1891-1925, Officer Administering Government 1925; [?] D.T. LEWIS; Sir Hayes MARRIOTT (1873-1939), Malayan Civil Service 1896-1928, Colonial Secretary 1925-1938; Sir Michael Henry WHITLEY (1872-1959), Malayan Civil Service 1896-1929, Attorney General 1925-1929; Ralph SCOTT (1874-), Malayan Civil Service 1895-1928, Resident Councillor, Malacca; Son Ong SIANG; Mohamed UNOS; P.K. NAMBYAR; J.E. TESSENSOHN; Dr John GRAY 1882-, Chief Medical Officer, Singapore 1920-; J.H.W. PARK; George Gordon WILSON (1876-), Malayan Civil Service 1899-, Superintendent of Government Monopolies 1932-; Harold FAIRBURN (1884-1973), Inspector General of Police 1925-; John MITCHELL; Cecil Harry George CLARKE (1878-1943), Malayan Civil Service 1901-1935, Commissioner of Lands; F.J. MARTIN, Clerk of Councils; D. BEATTY; Sir Richard Olaf WINDSTEDT (1878-1966), Malayan Civil Service 1902-1935, Director of Education 1924-1931.
Creator: Buckeridge, H Nugent, fl 1914-1940, photographer.
Good condition..

28 Oct. 1925

The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, March 1927. 293 x 227 mm (mounted on card). Letterpress caption and identifications. A group portrait. Figures in the group are: Harry Venus TOWNER (1876-), Colonial Engineer; M.H. WHITLEY; Sir Hayes MARRIOTT; Sir Laurence Nunns GUILLEMARD; R. SCOTT; Lachlan MCLEAN (1877-1937), Malayan Civil Service 1900-, Treasurer; Meadows FROST (1875-1954), Malayan Civil Service 1898-1930, Resident Councillor, Malacca; William BARTLEY (1885-1961), Malayan Civil Service 1908-1946, Acting Commisisoner of Lands; Arthur Mitchell GOODMAN (1886-1961), Malayan Civil Service 1909-1941, Secretary for Chinese Affairs; R.O. WINSTEDT; Dr A.L. HOOPS; Mahomed Unus bin ABDULLAH; Tan Cheng LOCK; G.G. WILSON; H. FAIRBURN; Frederick Joseph MORTEN (1888-1960), Malayan Civil Service 1912-1938, Clerk of Councils; Song Ong SIANG; John MITCHELL; P.M. ROBINSON; C. EVERITT; W.J. BAGNALL, Sir John BAGNALL (1888-1954) Chairman and Managing Director of Straits Trading Co.; P. SIMPSON; Queh Beng KEE; D.J. WARD.
Creator: Buckeridge, H Nugent, fl 1914-1940, photographer.
Good condition..

Mar. 1927

The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, October 1933. 290 x 232 mm (mounted on card). Letterpress captions and identifications. A group portrait. The figures in the group are: Walter Evelyn PEPYS (1885-1966), Malayan Civil Service 1908-1945, Acting Superintendent of Government Monopolies; F.H. GRUMITT; William Sydenham EBDEN (1887-), Malayan Civil Service 1991-1945, Commissioner of Lands; Mohamed Rouse Bin CHEE; Charles Robert HOWITT (1894-1969), Malayan Civil Service 1920-1963, Clerk of Councils; J. ROBERTSON; H. FAIRBURN; ;Wee Swee TEOW; H.H. ABDOOLCADER; A.P. ROBINSON; William Miles MILLINGTON (1883-), Malayan Civil Service 1906-1934, Acting Resident Councillor, Malacca; Dr N.L. CLARKE; Dr Christopher James WILSON (1879-1956), Director of Medical and Health Servivces; Arthur Benjamin JORDAN (1890-), Malayan Civil Service 1913-1945, Acting Secretary of Chinese Affairs; W.A. FELL; F.J. MORTEN; H.E. NIXON; Lazarus RAYMAN (1899-), Malayan Civil Service , Acting Treasurer; A.M. GOODMAN; Sir John BAGNALL (1888-1954) Chairman and Managing Director of the Straits Trading Co.; Major General Sir Louis C.L. OLDFIELD (1872-1949), General Officer Commanding Troops, Malaya 1931-1934; Sir Cecil CLEMENTI (1875-1947), Governor of the Straits Settlements 1930-1934; Alwyn Sidney HAYNES (1878-1963), Malayan Civil Service 1901-1934, Acting Colonial Secretary; E. NEWBOLD, O.B.E.; Sir Percy Alexander McELWAINE (1884-1969), Acting Attorney General; George STURROCK (1880-), Director Public Works.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Oct 1933

Supreme Court, Singapore, on the eve of Their Lordships on furlough. 280 x 227 mm (mounted on card). Letterpress caption and identification. A group portrait showing the members and staff of the Supreme Court. The figures in the group are: W. PIYANAGE, Secretary to Puisne Judge; CHIN YONG LOCK, Chinese interpreter; G.V. ROWE, Indian intepreter; YEO TIANG SWEE, Senior Chinese interpreter; Henry Auguster FORRER (1886-1969), Malayan CivilService 1909-, Registrar; Sir George Campbell DEANE (1873-1948), Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements 1924-1929; Sir James William MURISON (1872-1945), Chief Justice, Straits Settlements, 1925-1933; Bertram Reginald WHITEHOUSE (1891-), Malayan Civil Service 1915-1935, Deputy Registrar; LIM KOON TECK, Deputy Registrar; C.W. CHELAPPA, Secretary to Chief Justice; L. NATURAJAN, Indian interpreter.
Creator: Paul and Co.
Good condition..

28 Mar. 1928

[? Attorney Generals Department, Straits Settlements, 1925-1929]. 279 x 229 mm (mounted on card). Uncaptioned and without identification. A group portrait. The central figure is Sir Michael Henry WHITLEY (1872-1959), Attorney General of the Straits Settlements from 1925-1929 and the group, which only includes one other European, probably shows members of his staff.
Creator: Keechun Studio.

1925–1929

View of Penang Island, looking S.E. from near the Halfway House, Penang Hill. 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.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co (?).

1880–1889

The Inner Roads, Penang. 270 x 209 mm. A view looking along the Inner Roads, with steamers and numerous smaller sailing vessels at anchor.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co (?).
Fair condition, some fading..

1880–1889

The Esplanade, Penang. 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 again. Photograph possibly by G.R. Lambert and Co.
Creator: G.R. Lambert (?).
Fair condition, slight overall fading..

1880–1889

[Victoria Pier] Penang. 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.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from some overall yellowing..

circa 1890

Secretary to Residents house, Penang. 162 x 165 mm. A view from the level ground looking up towards a house at the summit of a small hill. The handwritten caption also states that the house was built by [?] G.A. Gray. Exact location unidentified. This page also contains a partially cropped photograph of an unidentified four storey house.
Creator: Unknown.
This print is mounted on the reverse of the page holding the preceding photograph. The cropping of this page has resulted in the loss of about half the print. Fair condition, some overall fading..

circa 1890

Steam ferry, Prai River, Penang. 204 x 151 mm. Showing the raft ferry, powered by a steam engine and protected by a roof above the open sides, on the Prai River, which debouches, on the Port Wellesley mainland near Butterworth, opposite George Town. On the raft itself are two Europeans in white uniforms, two hack gharries and a number of other passengers. A photograph probably taken in 1884 on completion of improvements to the Prai ferry.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fair condition, fading in from edges..

1884

Pulo Reino [i.e. Pulau Rimau] Lighthouse, Penang. 210 x 155 mm. A general view of the lighthouse neighbouring buildings on the small island of Pulau Rimau which lies off the extreme south east tip of Penang Island. From the piles of building material and newly cleared bush still in evidence, the photograph would appear to have been taken around 1883. The lighthouse was built between 1881-1883 and the light erected the following year (Straits Settlements Blue Books, 1881-1884).
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fair condition, some fading..

circa 1883

Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?] Harbour. 184 x 137 mm. Showing the estuary at Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?] (in County Cork, four miles E SE of Skibbereen with sailing and rowing boats beached in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Tennis ground, Castle Townsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?]. 187 x 142 mm. A view looking along a woodland path towards the sea, with three women posed in the middle ground. No tennis court is visible.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Lomond Bungalow, Penang Hill. 208 x 155 mm. A view looking along the unkempt garden towards the thatched and verandahed bungalow. Posed in front of the building are a European family (unidentified) and Indian servants. Lomond Bungalow was situated on the northern end of Penang (or Government) Hill.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition..

circa 1884

Government Bungalow, Penang Hill. 205 x 154 mm. A view looking across the wooded gardens towad the Government Bungalow (partially obscured by trees).
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fair condition, some fading at edges..

circa 1884

The quay, Castletowsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?]. 186 x 132 mm. A view looking along the waterfront towards a sailing boat moored at the quay, with the country house visible in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading..

Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?] East End. 197 x 148 mm. Showing the east wing of Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend] House, a building with two square crenellated wings connected by a centre part.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading..

Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?]. 189 x 145 mm. A view looking along the waterfront towards the house seen in the preceding print, with a church on the hill in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading..

Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?] Harbour. 194 x 149 mm. A view looking along the beach of the harbour estuary, with a woodland path at the left.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

Main Street, Balek Pulo [i.e. Balik Pulau], Penang. 208 x 154 mm. A view looking along the main street which is lined with low thatched houses, beneath the verandahs of which are traders and their wares. Beyond is a European building (? possibly the hospital built 1883). Balik Pulau is situated in the centre of Penang.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fair condition, some fading at edges..

circa 1884

Lascars Quarters, Murra [i.e.Muka] Head Lighthouse, Penang. 212 x 158 mm. A view looking down, probably from the base of the lighthouse onto the long, single storied wooden building with verandah and tiled roof. Muka is situated at the extreme north-west tip of Penang Island. A photograph probably taken shortly after the completion of these buildings in 1884 (Straits Settlements Blue Book, 1884).
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading..

circa 1884

Castle Haven. 190 x 144 mm. A view looking along a beach towards distant cliffs, with a figure posed behind a ruined house in the foreground. Exact location unidentified, probably near Castletownsend [i.e. Castletownshend ?], County Cork.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading..

High Island. 190 x 142 mm. A view from the rocky beach looking towards High Island, a circular dome of rock lying just off shore. Exact location unidentified, probably southern Ireland.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

Pontoon bridge, Prai River, Penang. 206 x 154 mm. A view from the river bank looking towards the pontoon bridge across the Prai River, Province Wellesley. Exact location unidentified.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fairish condition, some overall fading..

circa 1884

Pontoon bridge, Prai River : steam launch Rosebud. 205 x 148 mm. A closer view of the pontoon bridge seen in the preceding print, with one section removed to allow passage for the steam launch Rosebud.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

circa 1884

Back view of house at Penang. 206 x 157 mm. A view from the garden showing a substantial two-storied residence with verandahs and thatched roof. Exact location is unidentified, but this and the following print are good examples of European domestic dwellings in the tropics. The house was possibly Cameron's own residence. Photograph probably taken by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good conditon, apart from slight fading at edges..

circa 1884

Front view of house in Penang. 206 x 157 mm. A view from the driveway of the house seen in the preceding print, with a string of ponies held by Indian servants lined up on the lawn. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading..

circa 1884

Officers quarters, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee]. 202 x 137 mm. Showing the compound inside Fort Frederick, which is situated on a promontory to the east of the town and protected by the northern approaches to the harbour. At the left of the print is the road leading to the main entrance, while at the right are the Officers quarters which back onto the sea. The road and quarters are separated by a tree-lined grass recreational area. Accompanying the print is a diagram listing the occupants of the various bungalows. Trincomalie was occupied in the seventeeth century by the Portuguese and taken from them by the Dutch in 1639. After several changes of ownership it was ceded to Britain in 1802. Fort Frederick was built by the Dutch in 1676, two years after they had retaken Trincomalie from the French. Photograph probably taken by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition..

1882–1883

Part of Penang Waterfall. 217 x 285 mm. A view of the lower section of Penang Waterfall, situated in the gardens at the foot of Penang Hill. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

circa 1884

Fort Frederick from Ostenberg Ridge above Rocky Point, Trincomalie. 276 x 214 mm. A view looking north from Ostenberg Ridge, across Dutch Point and Dutch Bay towards Fort Frederick situated on the promontory at the far side of the Bay. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

1882–1883

View from Signal Station, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee]. 277 x 214 mm. A view looking south across Dutch Bay towards Dutch Point with army quarters in the foreground. The view looks back towards the location from which the preceding print was photographed. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

1882–1883

33A

View from Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee]. 265 x 204 mm. Duplicate of preceding print. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight overall yellowing..

1882–1883

Quetta. 275 x 206 mm. A view showing part of the Cantonment area (precise location unidentified) (precise location unidentified) of Quetta, with mountains beyond. The roads (lined with containers for growing trees) are laid out on a grid pattern, with army quarters (mainly small bungalows) grouped on the plots of land. Quetta was secured by treaty from the Khan of Khalat in 1876 and this photograph was probably only taken a few years later since both the buildings and gardens have a recently completed look. It is not clear when, or indeed if Cameron visited Quetta, but he may have been involved in some of the construction work.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

1880–1889

Quetta. 274 x 207 mm. A more distant view of cantonment buildings at Quetta, with unbuilt on plots of land in the foreground. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).

1880–1889

Quetta Fort. 274 x 205 mm. Showing the fort at Quetta, standing on a small hill with soldiers quarters, a row of field guns and lines of tents in the foreground. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Creator: Cameron, M A (?).
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing, and fading at edges..

1880–1889

Penang : the jetty. 270 x 209 mm. A view looking north-east along the waterfront towards the jetty. With small sailing boats in the foreground.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, curling, bends and some small tears..

1890–1899

Penang : the jetty. 270 x 209 mm.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, curling, bends and some tears..

1890–1899

Penang : Beach Street. 272 x 206 mm. A view looking along Beach Street which runs NE-SW parallel to the waterfront and behind Victoria Street and Weld Quay. In the right foreground a three storey building houses G. Izolphe's hairdressing saloon, the Grand Hotel, the Pilots Club and Abdoul Sanat, watch-makers; these premises were later taken over by Kennedy and Co. Further down the street are the offices of the Pinang Gazette press, which in the left foreground are the Criterion Tiffin and Billiard Rooms.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Poor condition, slight fading, bends and curling..

1890–1899

Residency, Penang. 138 x 88. A view looking along the curving driveway towards the (?) east façade of the Residency.
Creator: Okaniwa, Kisohju, b 1880, photographer; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1920

Kling women, Alma Estate, P[rovince ?] Wellesley. 237 x 183 mm. A carefully posed study of five Kling women grouped in front of the whitewashed wall of a European house. The Klings (the term has since the turn of the century been considered highly deregoratory) were the Tamil immigrants who formed the lowest classes of coolie labour. The women in this picture wear saris and the characteristic toe and nose rings. The Alma Estate, situated some seven miles from Prye, originally consisted of some 500 acres planted out by a Mr Wilson during the Crimean War. It was acquired by Leopold and Emile Chasseriau during the 1890s and by 108 comprised 3000 acres containing 800 acres under tapioca, 60, 000 rubber trees and 30,000 coconut trees. The largest proportion of the workforce at this period was Tamil.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and pencil line across bottom portion of print..

Mixed racial group, Penang, 1880s. 227 x 191 mm. Studio portrait.
Creator: Jones, William, fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Fair condition, slight fading and folds..

1880–1889

Group on a naval vessel, ? Malacca, circa 1922-1925. 142 x 80 mm. Showing a European group posed on the deck of a naval vessel. Exact date and location unknown. Figures in the group, identified on the reverse of the print are: James McCabe REAY (1875-1937), Malayan Civil Service 1898-1938, Senior Puisne Judge; Captain FERGUSON; Mrs HENSHAW (? Wife of Percy Howard Henshaw (1874-), Traffic Manager, F.M.S. Railways); William LANGHAM-CARTER (1869-), Malayan Civil Service 1890-1925; Mrs MAXWELL; Mars NICOLL; Mr NICOLL; Sub Lieutenant PARRY; Miss HENSHAW; Mr WORTHINGTON (? Arthur Furley Worthington (1874-1964), Malayan Civil Service1897-1929; Sub Lieutenant ROBERTSON; Helen NICOLL; Dickie TYLER.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922-circa 1925

Penang Ladies Rifle Club, Penang 1909. 149 x 108 mm. Showing a group of European men examining rifles in the foreground, with the lady competitors seated beyond. The figures in the group have not been identified.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

1909

Penang Ladies Rifle Club, Penang 1909. 156 x 111 mm. Showing a group of ladies in the firing position, with spectators and judges standing behind.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

1909

Scotland v. the Rest, Penang 1923. 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. WOODSTACK; Charles Geoffrey Evan BAUGHAN (1900-), appointed Police Probationer 1919; J. STABLES (? J.F. Stables, Harbour Board, Singapore 1935); G. AITKEN (? G.P. Aitken, Dennistown Estate, Parit Buntar, Perak 1935); D. MATHIESON (Electrical Department, United Engineers, Penang 1925); Balfour ROSS (? B.E. Ross, of Ross and Samuel, Penang 1925); H. MEYNELL (Mechanic, Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. Penang 1925); R.J. MORTON (Manager, Lower Perak Rubber Estates, Teluk Anson, Perak 1935); S.T. ENNION; A.J.L. DONALDSON (Assistant, Kennedy and Co., Penang 1925, Partner 1935); Andrew GILMOUR (1898-), Malayan Civil Service 1921-1953; G.R. PARROTT (Assistant, Peterson, Simons and Co., Singapore 1925); J.R. DANSON (Distribution Engineer, Electricity Department, Penang 1925); G.E. ANGIER (Assistant, Bukil Mertajam Rubber Co., Kedah 1925); D.D.B. COOKE (Assistant, Bonstead and Co., Penang 1925); LIM KENG CHUANG; C.B. VANRENNAN; F.H. BRUNTON (Manager, Sepang Estate, Selangor 1935); R. GRAIK; G.D.A. FLETCHER (Assistant, Narrisons, Barker and Co., Penang 1925, Manager 1935); W.W. ROGER; C.P. LISTON (Assistant, Sandilands Buttery and Co., Penang 1925); P.W. SAFFERY (employee, R.T. Reid and Co, Penang 1925); Leslie Arding THOMAS (1891-, Malay Civil Service 1920-1948).
Creator: Tokisatsu, H.
Good condition, apart from a small tear in one corner..

1923

Batu Feringhi, Penang. 152 x 107 mm. A general view of the beach at Batu Feringhi.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1910-circa 1920

Possibly in Province Wellesley, about 1909. 102 x 73 mm. A view looking along an unidentified waterfront, with Malay houses on stilts in the background.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1909

? Province Wellesley. 152 x 101 mm. Showing a buffalo, controlled by a Chinese farmer, ploughing a paddy field.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, Willliam.
Good condition..

circa 1910

Ox cart near Ayer Hitam, ? Penang. 108 x 63 mm. As captioned. Ayer Hitam is in fact in Johore, 18 miles east of Bander Penggaram. The writer of the caption has presumably confused it with Ayer Itam, five miles west south-west of George Town, Penang.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1910

Penang from Mount Erskine [1821]. 133 x 79 mm. A photographic copy of William Daniell's aquatint from Captain Robert Smith's painting. The view looks across Pulau Tikus Bay and George Town towards Kedah on the mainland.
Good condition..

1821

Penang from Mount Haliburton [1821]. 153 x 79 m. A photographic copy of William Daniell's aquatint from Captain Robert Smith's painting. The view looks towards Pulau Jerajak and the mainland.
Good condition..

Memorial to Captain Light, Penang. 62 x 88 mm. Showing the statue of Captain Francis Light (1740-1794), founder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1786. Light died of malaria on the island and was buried in the old Protestant Cemetery in Northam Road, George Town. The bronze statue designed by Frederick J. Wilcoxson, was originally sited in Fort Cornwallis and was unveiled in 1939. It was removed during the Japanese occupation and re-erected in 1946 in front of the High Court in Light Street. The only known contemporary representation of Light is Thomas Medlands engraving of Elisha Trapaud's drawing of the founding ceremony.
Creator: Unknown.

1930–1939

Stockade erected by Francis Light. 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.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1930

Fort Cornwallis, built after the first stockade. 133 x 80 mm. Photographic copy of a painting showing Fort Cornwallis from the sea. From a painting by James Welsh, 1818.
Creator: Unknown.

The Strand, Malacca. 270 x 209 mm. A view looking along the footbridge crossing the Malacca River near its mouth, with the ruins of St Pauls Church on the hill on the farther bank. The original parts of the church date from the early sixteenth century.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Poor condition, curling with some tears and fading..

1890–1899

The Strand, Malacca. 270 x 209 mm.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Poor condition, curling with some tears and fading..

1890–1899

View of Malacca. 270 x 208 mm. A view looking across the bay towards Malay houses on stilts lining the waterfront. With a young Malay boy seated on an English cannon dating from the early nineteenth century in the foreground.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Poor condition, some curling and fading..

1890–1899

[Fort St John, Malacca]. 134 x 101 mm. Showing the ruins of the gateway of Fort St John. The gateway consists of an arch flanked by Ionic pilasters and octagonal towers and surmounted by a coat of arms carved in relief and a bell tower. Above the entrance is carved Anno 16 [?] 18.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

circa 1910

[Fort St John, Malacca]. 132 x 104 mm. Showing a section of the ramparts of Fort St John.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Malacca River. 212 x 156 mm (mounted on card). A view taken from near the mouth of the Malacca River, looking out towards the sea. With riverside houses, and boats moored in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight yellowing..

circa 1910

Malacca River. 138 x 175 mm. A view looking along the river, showing waterside houses and sampans, with part of the bridge seen in the following print visible in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some yellowing; areas in foreground painted out..

Malacca River. 200 x 147 mm. A view looking along the stretch of the Malacca River seen in the preceding print towards the twin towers of the French Mission).
Creator: Ireland, Alleyne.
Good condition, apart from one bend across print..

The Residency, Malacca. 190 x 154 mm (mounted on card). A view looking across the lawn towards the front façade of the Residency, a two-storey structure with open verandahs running around the building and surmounted by a pediment above the main entrance. The Residency was built on the bones of the older Residency between 1903 and 1905, and was situated on St Pauls Hill.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1920

Residency, Malacca. 170 x 199 mm (mounted on card). Showing an old well in the Residency garden.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.

circa 1920

The Residency, Malacca. 192 x 140 mm. A view looking across the lawn towards the Residency.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

The drawing room, The Residency, Malacca. 113 x 156 mm. A view looking along the length of the room which has a high, curved ceiling broken by an arch at its mid-point, tiger skin rugs on the floor and numerous photographs and paintings on the walls and on easels.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922

The Residency, Malacca. 102 x 60 mm. A snapshot showing the front façade and one side of the Residency building. Photograph by William-Langham Carter (?).
Creator: Langham-Carter, William (?).
Good condition..

circa 1922

Ruined chapel in grounds of Malacca Residency. 192 x 141 mm. As captioned.
Creator: Langham-Carter, William (?).
Good condition..

circa 1922

? Residency, Malacca. 146 x 102 mm. Showing part of a garden, probably in the Malacca Residency, with open ended greenhouses on the left and garden seats at the right.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922

From Residency, Malacca. 77 x 135 mm. A view looking across the Residency gardens towards the sea. Photograph by William Langham-Carter (?).
Creator: Langham-Carter, William (?).
Good condition..

circa 1922

Probably Fort Terrace, Malacca. 157 x 139 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined street, with a part of a cricket pitch in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922-circa 1925

[Bullock cart,] Malacca ?. 140 x 86 mm. Showing a cart drawn by two long horned bullocks moving along a street towards the camera. Exact location unidentified.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922-circa 1925

Malacca to Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan ? [or] Pasis Panjang Road. 137 x 80 mm. A view looking along a road, with coconut palms on either side and thatched houses in the foreground. The two contradictory captions are written in different hands. Pasis Panjang village is situated on the south-west coast of Singapore Island.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1922-circa 1925

Kings Birthday Parade, Malacca, about 1923. 138 x 88 mm. Showing William Langham-Carter (Resident Councillor, Malacca 1923-1925) taking the salute as troops march past. With civilian spectators in the background.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter.
Good condition..

circa 1923

Kings Birthday Parade, Malacca, about 1923. 132 x 95 mm. Showing Langham-Carter and two officers watching troops on parade during the review.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1923

Kings Birthday Parade, Malacca, about 1923. 138 x 88 mm. Showing Langham-Carter and two other officials standing beside the flagpole after the parade, with civilian spectators in the background. The figure in the background in white uniform and spiked helmet is identified as William Montagu Lance Bower (1878-), Superintendent of Police in Malacca from 1911.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1923

Malacca Club, about 1924. 90 x 140 mm. A group portrait of Europeans in tennis clothes seated on the steps of the Malacca Club. 15 of the 22 figures are identified on an accompanying sheet: M.W. CAMPBELL (Administrator, Agricultural Medical Board, Malacca); H.D.L. FISHER (Assistant, Rim Rubber Estate, Malacca); H.S. HEWETT (Divisional Manager, Devon Estates Ltd., Malacca); (? O.H.) BARBER (? Manager, Sungei Chinoh Rubber Co., Perak); D.J. MURPHY; Mrs H.D.L. FISHER; A.E. MULLALY (Manager, Devon Estates Ltd., Malacca); (? W.A.) STANTON (? Manager, Brooklands Rubber Co. Ltd., Selangor); Mrs O. (? S.) WEBB (? Wife of Oliver Stanley WEBB (1899-), Assistant Engineer, Malacca); Mrs HAYBITTEL (wife of McG. Haybittel Director, Macphail and Co., Singapore); Mrs G. HOLDEN (wife of George Holden (1877-), Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Malacca); William LANGHAM-CARTER; Mrs E.D. BULTER; A.E. LAMBERT (Assistant, Sime, Darby and Co., Ltd., Malacca); Arthur Vincent ASTON (1896-), Malayan Civil Service 1919-1951.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1924

Farewell to Mr and Mrs Langham-Carter. 429 x 305 mm (mounted on card). A portrait of a large group of people posed in front of the Malacca Club. William Langham-Carter and his wife sit in the centre of the group; no other figures identified. Langham-Carter retired from his post as Resident Councillor, Malacca in 1925.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1925

Royal Society of St George, Malacca Club 1959. 126 x 81 mm. Showing S.J. Thompson, President of the Malacca branch of the Royal Society of St George seated at a dinner table with Dato Osman bin Talib (Malayan Civil Service) and Sir and Lady Cheng Lock Tan.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1959

Watercolour of St Georges Church, Penang, 1830s. 164 x 110 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour by John Turnbull Thomson in the National Museum, Singapore.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1830–1839

St Georges Church, Penang in derelict condition, 1941-1948. 113 x 120 mm. Showing the church in the state of dereliction after the Japanese bombing of December 11 1941.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1941–1948

Floodlit portico of St Georges Church, Penang, 1948. 114 x 157 mm. Showing the renovated church, floodlit for the re-opening celebrations.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1948