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	Perak
Reference	BAM 3
Covering Dates	circa 1875-circa 1930
Extent and Medium	87 images in 1 box + 2 large folders

Content and context

Contains loose photographs by various photographers including G.R. Lambert and Co., A Kaulfuss and Leonard Wray. This material includes prints from Sir Frank Swettenham's collection , and is of particular historical importance. Some items from the Langham-Carter collection have been included.

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RCS/BAM 3 contains:

Taiping from the Residency, 1875. 246 x 168 mm. A view looking down the Residency Hill along rows of Chinese houses with atap roofs, with scrubland beyond and jungle in the distance. A note on the reverse of the print indicates that the houses are probably those running along Main Street. By the end of 1874 Taiping had a population of around 5000. The views of Swettenham, who visited the town in the same year are recorded in (eds Burns and Cowan 1975) and Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol 24, part 4, December 1951, p. 44. J.W.W. Birch who also visited the town on this occasion comments on the Chinese houses and carpenters. These can be seen in (ed Burns, 1975, p. 61).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from some overall yellowing..

1875

Taiping, circa 1882. A view looking down from Residency Hill over a section of Taiping, with the Padang in the foreground, houses and shops beyond and hills in the distance. The photograph when compared with the preceding print, gives some indication of the prosperity brought to the town by the tin mining industry during the early years of British administration: apart from the grouth of the town, the buildings themselves are of a more substantial appearance, mostly of two storeys and roofed with corrugated iron. A description of Isabella Bird's impressions of Taiping during her visit in 1879 is found in Bird (1883, p. 280). The Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Frederick Weld, also noticed these recent improvements when he made a tour of the Protected Malay States in mid 1881. These are recorded in Correspondence relating to the Protected Malay States (c. 3428 of 1882 p. 2).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

circa 1882

Taiping about 1884. 242 x 188 mm. A view looking down from the Residency Hill over the town of Taiping, with jungle in the distance. The photograph possibly shows the area to the right of that seen in the preceding prints although the photographs do not match up exactly.
Creator: Unknown.

circa 1884

Taiping about 1884-1885. 242 x 169 mm. A view looking over part of the prison stockade towards wooded hills in the direction of Kamunting, two miles north-north-west of Taiping. In the foreground are a number of atap houses, with the brick wall of the prison beyond and a wooded palisade enclosing some of the prison buildings. The unsatisfactory state of the prison is described in the Perak Annual Report for 1884 (enclosed in Further correspondence respecting the Protected Malay States (C. 4958 of 1887, p. 23).
Creator: Unknown.

circa 1884-circa 1885

Looking over the mines in Larut, 1880s. 108 x 226 mm. A view looking past a tall tree on a hillside towards a settlement in the valley below, with excavated land, the result of tin mining activity, in the foreground. This print appears to be part of a larger original which has been cropped.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading. Cropped..

1880–1889

Taiping 1882 [1885]. 245 x 191 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking out over Taiping, with the Padang and the Perak Club in the foreground, founded in 1881, and the barracks of the Perak Armed Police beyond. The barracks of the Perak Armed Police in Taiping were built in 1881-1882. This print forms the right hand of a panorama when joined to the preceding photograph.
Creator: Unknown.

circa 1882-circa 1885

Treasury, Taiping circa 1882. 246 x 188 mm (mounted on card). A view looking between palm trees towards the Treasury, a whitewashed stone building with tiled roof. This does not correspond with the description of Isabella Bird which describes the building in 1879 as a substantial dark wood building (Bird, 1883, p. 280) and therefore presumably is the new Treasury and Audit Offices offices, built 1884-1885 at a cost of $10, 000 (See Further correspondence respecting the Protected Malay States (c. 4958 of 1887, p. 273).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing..

circa 1882

Court house, Taiping, circa 1882. 243 x 185 mm. (mounted on card). A view showing the Court house and adjacent offices, a mainly two- storey building (with a further storey above the main entrance section) raised on brick piles with a verandah running the length of the first floor, and with a tiled roof. The court house was completed, after various delays, in 1881.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing..

circa 1882

? Batu Gojah [i.e. Gajah ?] 1884. 245 x 167 mm. (mounted on card). Showing an unidentified two storey residential house, of stone and with a tiled roof, tentatively identified on the reverse as Batu Gojah, a town in the Kinta district, 67 miles from Taiping and eight miles south of Ipoh. Batu Gojah was the district headquarters of the Kinta division and this photograph, of a fairly imposing residence possibly shows the Collector and Magistrate's house.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing..

1884

Kamunting, circa 1890. 276 x 202 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along a street in Kamunting lined with the premises of Chinese shopkeepers, and with an elephant in the foreground.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Fairish condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

1890

Tine mine, Taiping about 1890 [? or 1870s]. 275 x 211 mm. (mounted on card) A view looking along deep open cast tin workings at Taiping, with groups of Chinese coolies posing for the camera. Photograph probably by Augustus [sic] E. Kaulfuss.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Fair condition, some overall yellowing..

circa 1890

Lauret [? Larut River] about 1890. 271 x 120 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along the river towards wharves and moored steamers, with sheds and warehouses on the river bank. Possibly an early view of Port Weld; previously known as Sapetan, situated just above the entrance of the Larut River. Photograph probably by Augustus [sic] E. Kaulfuss.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Poorish condition, overall fading..

circa 1890

Tin mining, Larut, about 1890. 270 x 211 mm. (mounted on card). Showing a European manager standing with a Chinese foreman and coolies at the edge of the mine workings. At the left of the print labourers can be seen at work on the sluices. Photograph probably by Augustus E. Kaulfuss.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

circa 1890

Roman Catholic Church, Taipeng, about 1890. 271 x 212 mm (mounted on card). A general view of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiping, a building with an elaborate pilastered entrance façade with curved gables crowned by a pediment. Date of construction unknown. Photograph probably by Augustus E. Kaulfuss.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Poor condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

circa 1890

Taipeng Bota township, about 1890. 271 x 211 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along a street lined with wooden houses with atap thatching. Photograph stamped A. Kaulfuss, Penang.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

circa 1890

Taiping, about 1890. 272 x 213 mm (mounted on card). A view looking along a tree-lined street with substantial stone houses of Chinese residents on either side. Third Street runs off to the left in the foreground. Photograph stamped A. Kaulfuss, Penang.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer.
Good condition apart from slight fading and yellowing..

circa 1890

Church, Taiping, abut 1890. 267 x 209 mm. (mounted on card). Showing a small wooden church with a steeply pitch roof. Exact location unidentified. Photograph probably by A. Kaulfuss.
Creator: Kaulfuss, August E, b 1861, photographer (?).
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

circa 1890

Victoria Bridge across Perak River, circa 1899. 285 x 210 mm (mounted on card). A view showing the Victoria Bridge, an iron girder construction mounted on stone piles, on the Ipoh-Taiping line and Enggor. The Perak River at this point is over 1000 feet wide and subject to severe flooding; original designs had allowed for a rail level 34 feet above the normal water line, but this was later changed to 40, a valuable decision in the light of the 1926 floods which brought the water level up to the bottom booms of the bridge. Preliminary bores were taken along the central line of the bridge in 1897, and after delays caused by floodingin 1897 and 1898 and the non-arrival of steel in 1899, the bridge was opened for traffic on March 21, 1900. This photograph was probably taken shortly before this time since although the bridge appears finished there is still scaffolding in place at the farther end.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition..

circa 1899

The Residency Hill, Thaiping [i.e. Taiping] [1890s]. 269 x 207 mm. A view looking over the town from a neighbouring hillside, with tin workings in the foreground, the houses of the town beyond and the Residency situated on a small hill overlooking the Padang.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, but some bends and curling..

1890–1899

The Residency Hill, Thaiping [i.e. Taiping] [1890s]. 269 x 207 mm.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, but some bends and curling..

1890–1899

View of the church and steet scene, Thaiping [i.e. Taiping] [1890s]. 269 x 207 mm. A view looking along a street lined with Chinese traders' stalls, with the spire of the church in the left background. This presumably All Saints Church, consecrated in 1887.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, but some bends and curling..

1890–1899

View of the church and steet scene, Thaiping [i.e. Taiping] [1890s]. 269 x 207 mm.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co .
Fair condition, but some bends and curling..

1890–1899

View of the wharf, Telok Anson [1890s]. 269 x 206 mm. A view looking along the wooden wharves and landing stages at Telok [i.e. Teluk] Anson, with a steamer moored at the right. Telok Anson is situated on the Perak River, 40 miles south of Ipoh and 20 miles from the Strait of Malacca.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Good condition, apart from curling and one tear..

1890–1899

View of the wharf, Telok Anson [1890s]. 269 x 206 mm.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, some fading and curling..

1890–1899

The path to Taiping Hill, ? circa 1925. 82 x 133 mm. Showing an unidentified European woman sitting on one of the steps of the path leading up the hill.
Creator: Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1925

The Birch Memorial, Pasir Salak, Perak River, 1921. 80 x 136 mm. Showing the granite obelisk raised in memory of James Wheeler Woodford Birch, first British Resident in Perak, who was murdered in 1875. The inscription, not legible here, reads: 'Here at the fort of Datok Maharaja Lela the Honourable J.W. Birch, First British Resident of Perak, was killed in the performance of his duty on 2nd November 1875'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1921

Malay house, Perak River, 1921. 80 x 137 mm. Showing an atap house on the bank of the Perak River, with a small bathing house on stilts extending out into the river itself. A note on the reverse remarks that this bathing hut is similar to the one from which J.W.W. Birch was killed.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1921

Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, January, 1922. 137 x 80 mm. Showing the colonnaded and porticoed façade of the Malay Residential School at Kuala Kangsar, completed in 1908. The idea of a school, run on the lines of an English public school, was conceived by the Resident General Sir William Treacher and the Federal Inspector of Schools R.D. Wilkinson in 1904. The school was run as an experiment for three years under the headmastership of W. Hargreaves and at the end of that period the High Commissioner sanctioned the building of a school with accommodation for 150 boys.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1922

Government House, Kuala Kangsar, from the Perak River. 124 x 93 mm. A view looking across the river (with boats in the foreground) towards Government House.
Creator: Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

Tuba fishing, Perak River. 149 x 112 mm. A view looking out over the Perak River showing men in canoees with nets. The sap of the root of the creeping plant tuba (dalbergia) is extracted by maceration in water and this, when thrown into the river brings the fish to the surface for netting.
Creator: Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

Lake Gardens, Taiping. 79 x 57 mm. Showing a section of the ornamental lakes.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Batu Gajah, Perak, 1921. 137 x 80 mm. Showing an unidentified two storey wooden house with tiled roof at Batu Gojah, the headquarters of the Kinta District of Perak.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing at edges..

1921

M.J. Kennaway's house, Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin [i.e. Tanjung Malim ?], about 1930. 197 x 147 mm. Showing a section of the entrance to the house, with a flight of wooden stairs leading up to the covered verandah on the first floor. M.J. Kennaway is listed in the 1935 edition of the Singapore and Malay Directory as the General Manager of the Slim River Estate of Escot Rubber Estates Ltd. A pencilled note on the reverse of the print states that he was also involved in the production of Lowland tea in Malaya.
Creator: Unknown.
Modern copy, good condition..

circa 1930

Typical bedroom furniture, Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin [i.e. Tanjung Malim ?], about 1930. 197 x 148 mm. An interior view, presumably in the house of M.J. Kennaway, showing a bedroom with dressing table, writing desk and wash-stand.
Creator: Unknown.
Modern copy, good condition..

circa 1930

Rafting on [? Slim] River near Tanjong Malin [i.e. Tanjung Malim ?], about 1930. 197 x 147 mm. Showing a group of pith helmeted Europeans punting on rafts.
Creator: Unknown.
Modern copy, good condition..

circa 1930

At the dam site, Perak River [1925]. 137 x 79 mm. Showing uncleared land at the site of the proposed dam for the Perak River Hydro-Electric scheme, the agreement for which was signed in December 1925. For details of the scheme, see Barlow (1926, p. 20-22).
Creator: Barlow, Sir Clement Anderson Montague-, 1868-1951, 1st Baronet MP.
Good condition..

1925

At the dam site, Perak River [1925]. 137 x 79 mm. Showing uncleared jungle on the west bank, with two Malay youths standing in the foreground. See preceding print. Photograph probably by Sir Montague Barlow.
Creator: Barlow, Sir Clement Anderson Montague-, 1868-1951, 1st Baronet MP.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1925

View taken at Ipoh water works [? circa 1910]. 74 x 101 mm. Showing a water channel, with jungle in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading..

circa 1910

S.A. at the [Ipoh] w. works [? circa 1910]. 92 x 74 mm. Showing S.A. (no further identification) seated on a rock at the waters edge, with jungle in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading..

circa 1910

[Perak group, 1875]. 301 x 217 mm. (mounted on board). A group portrait of Europeans posed in front of an atap house, and captioned on the print Pangkor 1874. This photograph has often been reproduced as a print taken during the signing of the Pangkor Engagement in January 1874 but this is certainly not so and there are several anomalous features which make a positive identification difficult. Beneath this copy of the print the figures are identified (l to r) as: Dr Anderson; Capn. Innes; Captn. Speedy; Sir F.A. Swettenham. Further research provides a few different identifications: 1. Dr Andrew Ferguson ANDERSON; Colonial Surgeon, Straits Settlements 1867-1880 (retired due to ill health). 2. Captain William INNES (1811-1875); Royal Engineers; commissioned 1858; Dover 1859-1861; Canada 1861-1867; Portsmouth, Portland and Shoeburgness 1867-1872; Assistant Colonial Engineer, Penang 1872-1875; killed at the storming of the Pair Salak Stockade November, 1875. 3. Lieutenant (later Colonel Sir) Henry Edward MCCALLUM (1852-1919); Royal Engineers; Private Secretary to Sir William Jervois 1875-1877; Superintendent, Admiralty Harbour Works, Hong Kong 1877-1878; Singapore 1878-1879; Woolwich 1879-1880; Deputy Colonial Engineer, Penang 1880-1884; colonial Engineer, Straits Settlements 1884-18897; Governor of Lagos 1897-1899, Newfoundland 1899-1901, Natal 1901-1907, Ceylon 1907-1913. 4. Sir William Francis Drummond JERVOIS (1821-1897); Royal Engineers; served in Kaffir War 1846-1847; varous English postings; special missions to advise on fortifications in Canada (1873, 1874, 186), Bermuda (1863, 1869), India (1871-1872), etc; Governor of the Straits Settlements 1875-1877, South Australia 1877-1883, New Zealand 1883-1889. 5. (?) H.F. Plow; first appointment under colonial government 1857; 1st Clerk to Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements; Secretary to Governor Ord 1867-1873; (no further appointments in Straits Settlements). 6. James Wheeler Woodford BIRCH (1826-1875); after brief service in RoyalNavy joined Ceylon Civil Service 1846-1870; Colonial Secretary , Straits Settlements 1870-1874; first British Resident in Perak 1874-1875; Murdered at Pasir Salak on 2 November 1875. 7. John Frederick Adolphus MCNAIR (1828-1910); entered Madras Artillery 1845; Private Secretary to Governor of the Straits Settlements 1857; Comptroller of Indian convicts in the Straits Settlements 1857-1873; as Colonial Engineer superintended the building of Government House, Singapore; officiated as Lieutenant Governor of Penang 1880-1884; author: Perak and the Malays: Sarong and Kris (1878), Prisoners their own warders (1899). 8. Captain STIRLING R.N. 9. Captain Tristram Charles Sawyer SPEEDY (1836-1910); son of soldier James Speedy; served in army 1854-1860; at Emperor Theodore of Abyssinias court 1860-1861; vice Consul, Abyssinia 1863-1864; (?) to New Zealand 1864-1867; Interpreter with Abyssinia Expedition 1868; District Superintendent of Police, Oudh 1869-1871; Superintendent of Police, Pennag 1871; entered service of Montri of Perak 1873; Assistant Resident, Larut 1874-1876; transferred (downgraded) to Durian Sabatang 1877; resigned 1877; made two further trips to Abyssinia 1884, 1897. Plow being in Government employment in the Straits Settlements Blue Books after 1873 and no mention of him accompanying any official tour of Perak. This is possibly explained by a suspicion that the photograph has been tampered with to a greater or lesser extent: McCallums foot appears in front of the chair behind which he stands in a physically impossible way; and the figure of Plow himself looks as if it might well have been pasted on to the original print at a later date. Another, more unlikely possibility, is that the figure is not Plow but Lieutenant Abbott, the only figure on the visit so far unidentified and of whom no portrait has been traced.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition..

1875

Che Muda's house at Kuala Kangsar. 251 x 198 mm. Showing Frank SWETTENHAM, Captain SPEEDY, Raja Indut and Raja Abdulrahman standing with a group of Sepoys and Malays outside Che Mudas house. The photograph was taken during the military occupation of Perak by Major McNair. McNair (1878, p. 168-169) gives this description: 'The residence of the Princess of Perak at Quella Kungsa gives - as will be seen in the illustration, from a photograph taken by the author during the Governors progress - a very full idea of a Malay noble residence. The house to the left is really the kitchen, while that on the right is, as far as its principal apartment is concerned, fitted up with a bed which occupies about two-thirds of the room, greatly resembling in matter of size the Bed of Ware. This house, with the whole of the campong adjoining, was placed by Inche Maida at the disposal of the British during the disturbances, and formed the headquarters of the general commanding and the commissioner with the contingent of troops from India.' Following Birch's murder in November 1875, Swettenham and Innes attacked the Pasir Salak stockade and after an initial repulse (during which Innes was killed) the village was taken. In view of the disturbed state of the country, and in order to impress upon the inhabitants the reality of British control, it was felt that further military action was necessary and troops were sent in from India and Hong Kong under the command of Major General F. Colbourne and Brigadier General John Ross. Ross, in command of the Indian contingent, made his headquarters at Kuala Kangsar (Chinese troops were stationed at Bandar Bharu). The troubles in Perak were in fact swiftly quelled, although a military presence was retained in the state for a further year. The instigators of, and accessories to Birchs murder were caputred and put on trial, the main participants (Maharaja Lala, Dato' Sagar and Pandak Indut) being executed and several others of those involved (Sultan Badulla, the Mentri of Perak, Dato' Laksamana and Dato' Shabander) being exiled to the Seychelles.
Creator: McNair, Frederick Adolphus.
Fair condition, slight fading and a few folds..

1876

The Perak Sikhs at Taiping Barracks, 1880s. 251 x 173 mm. Showing soldiers of the Perak Sikhs grouped on the parade ground at Taiping. In the centre of the group stands the detachment of men trained as gunners with their 9 pounder field guns; these were introduced into the force in 1880. The Perak Sikhs were formed under the command of Captain Paul Swinburne in 1876 from the body of 200 men who had been brought into Perak by Captain Speedy before the State came under British protection. In later years numbers were replenished by recruiting parties sent from Perak to the Punjab. The numbers in the force were raised in 1877 after the withdrawal of the British forces following the suppression of the Perak disturbances, to a body of 200 Sikh guard and 500 police. A this period the force was known as the Perak Armed Police, but in 1884 the First Perak Sikhs were formed from them. On Federation in 1896 the Perak Sikhs and the Armed Police from other states were merged to become the Malay State Guides.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1880–1889

Garden party at the R[esident] G[eneral], Perak, [July 1897]. 357 x 272 mm. A group portrait of British and Malay dignitaries gathered in the garden of the Residency at Kuala Kangsar during the Federal Conference of 1897. With three elephants at the right of the print. At the start of the meeting a telegram telegram of loyalty from the Sultans to Queen Victoria was sent and in the following days various matters relating to federation were discussed. Figures so far identified in the print are: Sir Hugh CLIFFORD (1866-1941), seated on middle elephant; British Resident, Pahang 1896-1899 and later Governor of the Gold Coast (1912-1919), Nigeria (1919-1925), Ceylon (1925-1927) and the Straits Settlements. Sir Frank Athelstane SWETTENHAM, standing to right of the group, wearing boater and white trousers. (?) Sir Charles Bullen Hugh MITCHELL (d. 1899); possibly the figure seated at the left of the main group; Royal Marines 1852-1878; Governor of Fiji 1868-188, Natal and Zululand 1889-1893, Straits Settlements 1893-1899.
Creator: G R Lambert and Co.
Fair condition, some fading and small tears at edge..

July 1897

Presentation of G.C.V.O. to Sultan of Perak, September 25, 1913. 278 x 184 mm. A group photograph taken outside the Astana Nagara (Sultans Palace) immediately following the presentation of the G.C.V.O. (Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order) to the Sultan of Perak on Thursday September 25, 1913. Figures in the group definitely identified are: Idris Mersid-el Aazam Shah, G.C.M.G. (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George), G.C.V.O, Sultan of Perak (10 from left); Sir Arthur Henderson YOUNG (1854-1938); Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner fo the Federated Malay States 1911-1919 (9 from left); Lady Evelyn YOUNG; (11 from left); Sir Edward Lewis BROCKMAN (1865-1943); Chief Secretary, F.M.S. 1911-1920; (12 from left); Reginald George WATSON (1862-1926); British Resident Perak 1912-1919 (13 from left). The other figures in the front row have not been individually identified, but almost certainly include: Major General Theodore Edward STEPHENSON (1856-1928); Commanding troops in Straits Settlements 1910-1914; Arthur Henry LEMON (1864-1933); British Resident, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan 1912-1919; Grace LEMON; wife of above; Edmund BURNSIDE (1863-); acting British Resident, Selangor 1913-1914; Mrs BURNSIDE; wife of above; Edward John BREWSTER (1861-1931); British Resident, Pahang 1911-1916; Mrs BREWSTER; wife of above; Sir Lionel Mabbott WOODEWARD (1864-1925); Judicial Commisisoner 1906-1914; E.B. SKINNER; Member of the Federal Council and later Chairman of the Council of Rubber Growers' Association (probably the figure second from left); Mrs E.B. SKINNER; wife of above.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some tears at edges..

25 Sep. 1913

E.W. Birch raising the Perak flag at the ceremony of the taking over of Rahman (or Reman) from Siam, July 16 1909. 154 x 105 mm. A group photograph showing Siamese, and Malysian and Indian police, and British officials grouped round the flagpole at Klian Intan after the ceremony by which Siam ceded responsibility for the territory to the British. In front of the police force of the two powers stand (from left to right): Siamese police inspector; Inspector SIMPSON, Perak Police; J.D. KEMP: Manager of the Rahman Tin Co.; Hubert BERKELEY (1864-1942); M.S.C. 1886-1926; District Officer, Upper Perak 1904-1926; (Sir) Ernest Woodford BIRCH (1857-1929); British Resident, Perak, 1904-1910 (Sir Arthur Selborne JELF (1876-1947); M.S.C. 1899-1925, at this period employed at the Perak Secretariat and later (1925-1935) Colonial Secretary, Jamaica; Orang Kaya Menteri; one of the four great chiefs of Perak; Orang Kaya Kaya Sri Adika Raja; hereditary chief of the North of Perak. By the terms of the Boundary Protocol attached to the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 a British Protectorate was established over the unfederated Malay States of Kedah, Kelantan, Trehgarru and the Reman portion of Patani and on July 14 1909 Birch set out from Grit with an escort of Indian and Malay police to formally take over the last named of these areas. After reading the secession proclamation in various villages passed through on the jouney, Klian Intan was reached late in the following day. At 2 p.m. the following day the ceremenony of lowering the Siamese flag and replacing it with that of Perak took place in front of the police station. Photographs were taken after the ceremony by the Siamese representative, Wan Husein, Ampur of Betong and the British party returned to Grit, reaching it, reaching it on July 23.
Creator: Wan Husein.
Fair condition..

16 July 1909

Armistice Day parade at the Ipoh Club, 1921. 400 x 149 mm. A panoramic view showing the Malay Volunteer Infantry, the Malay States volunteer Rifles and the Police on parade at Ipoh Armistice Day 1921. At the head of the parade stands Lieutenant Colonel G.M.P. HORNIDGE M.C., whilst on the steps to the left are: Cecil William Chase PARR (1871-1943); British Resident, Perak 1921-1926; Raja Alang Iskander Shah (circa 1881-1938); Sultan of Perak 1918-1938; Raja Yusuf Bandahara; nephew of Sultan Iskandar; A.D.C. to the Sultan; Raja Chulan; the Raja Di Hilir of Perak; Captain Meadows FROST (1875-1954); M.S.C. 1898-1930; Raja Kameralzaman, the Malay Magistrate at Ipoh is number 19 in the front row of the Malay Volunteer Infantry.
Creator: Unknown.
2 prints; Good condition, apart from slight fading..

1921

Meeting of Perak State Council at Ipoh, 12th Dec. 1925. 105 x 79 mm. A group portrait of members of the Perak State Council, composed of the Sultan, the British Resident, the Secretary to the Resident and various prominent members of the Malay and Chinese communities. The Sultan, Raja Alang Iskander Shah, is seated in the centre of the group with C.W.C. Parr beside him while the Residents Secretary (unidentified) stands with the Chinese and Malay members in the back row.
Creator: Barlow, Sir Clement Anderson Montague-, 1868-1951, 1st Baronet MP.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing..

12 Dec. 1925

The floating stage risen to above road level during Parit floods, 1926. 192 x 145 mm. A view from the flooded riverbank looking towards the floating stage on the Perak River. British Malaya (March 1927, p. 303-304) provides a detailed description of the floods as follows: 'In Ipoh it began to rain on December 23rd, and on that day the Kinta and the Pari Rivers came down in flood and rose over the Old Town. The whole of Station Road became a raging torrent, and by the 27th the train services between Ipoh and Penang and Kuala Lumpur had to be suspended, and the tin-mine industry of the Kinta Valley was brought practically to a standstill. On the 27th the Klang and Gombak Rivers overflowed and flooded Kuala Lumpur the estates around Batu Gajah also suffered, and Parit township practically became part of the Perak River. Teluk Anson town itself was not flooded at first, but areas around suffered, and the Perak River came rushing through it swollen to a size said to be past the recollection of the oldest inhabitant.' The article also describes the damage done by the floods in the eastern states of Kelantan and Pahang where, at the Kuala Raman Estate, 97 inches of rain fell in December with 47 inches between the 26th and 29th and 26 inches along on one of those days.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1926

Parit floods - when the River Perak rose 25 feet above normal in 1926. 197 x 148 mm. Showing a group of Malay youths standing on a flooded bridge in the centre of Parit.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1926

Parit floods at Post Office, 1926. 197 x 147 mm. Showing the two-storied Parit Post Office surrounded by water.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1926

Sir Hugh Clifford arriving at Parit on temporary landing stage, 1927. 192 x 143 mm. Showing a Malay group welcoming Sir Hugh Clifford to Parit in 1927, the year in which he took over the governorship of the Straits Settlements. The exact date of his visit to Parit has not been ascertained. He is wearing Malay costume.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1927

Governor and High Commissioner Sir Hugh Clifford at Parit 1927. 193 x 144 mm. Showing an Indian soldier and other figures on the verandah of an unidentified building during visit of Clifford to Parit. Clifford, in Malay costume, is in the centre.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

1927

Sultan of Perak, with A.S. Haynes, inspecting M.V.I. at Teluk Anson, October 1928. 79 x 136 mm. Showing Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), an attendant holding an umbrella and the Sultan of Perak, Sir Iskander Shah. The Malay Volunteer Infantry are not visible in the print.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Oct. 1928

Chinese screen made in Taiping convict establishment. 152 x 111 mm. Showing the carved wooden screen made in 1912 by a convict in the Taiping Jail.
Good condition..

Hill dwellers, central Malaya. 183 x 234 mm. (mounted on card). Showing a group of four tribesman posed on the ladder leading to their raised dwelling. These figures are probably Sakai, one of the two major aboriginal groups in Malaya. Long (1927, p. 259) describes this group.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942.
Fair condition, some overall yellowng and slight fading..

1880–1899

Hill dwellers of central Malaya [Sakai women of Batu Pipis, Perak, 1880s-1890s]. 179 x 236 mm. (mounted on card). Showing three Sakai women (one with a child on her back) standing against a jungle background.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942 (?).
Fair condition, some overall yellowing..

1880–1899

Hill dwellers, central Malaya [Sakai women of Batu Pipis, Perak]. 188 x 232 mm. (mounted on card). A similar portrait to the preceding print, taken on the same occasion but only showing two of the women.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942.
Good condition, apart from slight overall yellowing..

1890–1899

Sakai with their blow pipes [1880s-1890s]. 207 x 274 mm. Showing two Sakai men in a clearing, armed with their characteristic blowpipes. Photographer unknown, possibly Leonard Wray.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942 (?).

1880–1899

[Sakai females, 1880s-1890s]. 207 x 275 mm. Showing two Sakai women and a child standing in a clearing. The faces of all three are decorated with what appears to be a white cicatrising and all wear bundles of leaves on head and at waist. Photographer unknown, possibly Leonard Wray.
Creator: Wray, Leonard (?).
Fair condition, but large tear across the centre of the print. The title of the photograph has been written on to the negative and appears at the bottom of the print. The lettering has been largely cropped..

1880–1899

Ladies Bisley, Taiping, 1909. 149 x 111 mm. Showing a group of ladies lying on the ground in the firing position with spectators and officials grouped beneath parasols at the left.
Creator: Unknown; Lanham-Carter, William.

1909

[Party on elephants, ? Kuala Kangsar, circa 1910]. 204 x 154 mm (mounted on card). Showing a group of men and women seated on three elephants, probably at Kuala Kangsar. No identifications.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, broken into two parts but remounted on card..

circa 1910

[Party on elephants, ? Kuala Kangsar, circa 1910]. 196 x 142 mm (mounted on card).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, broken into two parts but remounted on card..

circa 1910

[European group, ? Kuala Kangsar, circa 1910]. 217 x 185 mm (mounted on card). Showing the European group seen in the preceding two prints, posed for the photographer beside a river.
Creator: Unknown.
Fairish condition, broken but remounted on card..

circa 1910

[Elephants] probably Kuala Kangsar. 116 x 81 mm. Showing three elephants with their keepers.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Fair condition..

[Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard and the Sultan of Perak, circa ? 1925]. 122 x 71 mm. Crossing the Perak near Kuala Kangsar, Lindsay Vears on right. Showing the four elephants and their passengers crossing the Perak River. The Sultan of Perak, Sir Iskander Shah is seated on the elephant at the left, Sir Laurence and Lady Guillemard on the next elephant, an unidentified couple on the third and Lindsay Vears (no further information) on the fourth. Guillemard was Governor of the Straits Settlements 1919-1927.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.
Good condition..

circa 1925

Elephants bathing in the Perak River, Kuala Kangsar. 150 x 113 mm.
Creator: Unknown; Langham-Carter, William.

? Kuala Kangsar, about 1926 or 1927. 201 x 147 mm. A group photograph probably taken after a tennis tournament, with a row of cups on a small table in front of the group. Only five of the 20 figures are identified: Shaid Syed ALI; Hugh Patterson BRYSON; Mrs I.C. BRYSON; Mrs BAIN; Norman Kerr BAIN (b 1883), Malayan Civil Service 1906-1934.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight overall fading..

circa 1926-circa 1927

Taiping Gymkhana meeting, about June 1922. 195 x 148 mm. An informal group photograph taken at the meeting with the Sultan of Perak, Raja Sir Alang Iskandar Shah and the British Resident C.W.C. PARR seated in the centre. Gathered around them are: George Alexander de Chazal de MOUBRAY (1888-1977), Malay Civil Service 1912-1945; H.P. BRYSON; J. Murray ROSS, Assistant Simpang Estate, Matang; Reginald CRICHTON (1877-), Malayan Civil Service 1900-circa 1927; T. (?) WELSH, A.D.C. to Sultan.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing..

1922

Tuba fishing at Changkat Jong, near Teluk [i.e. Telok] Anson, October 1928. 136 x 79 mm. Showing Alwyn Sidney HAYNES and the Raja Bendahara (probably Raja Yusuf) tuba fishing from a river bank.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

Oct. 1928

Ipoh Club, Perak, Rugby team, 1930. 94 x 71 mm. A group photograph of team members and other Europeans, including a few women. No identifications.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition..

1930

The Perak Valley from the cottage, Perak - 4, 500 feet, [1890s]. 241 x 190 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking over the valley (largely hidden by low lying cloud), with densely wooded hillside in the foreground.
Creator: Wray, Leonard, 1852-1942.
Fair condition, some yellowing; retouching on sky portions..

1890–1899

Interior of M.J. Kennaway's house on Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin, about 1930. 355 x 152 mm. (two prints joined and re-photographed). A panoramic view of a spacious drawing room looking out onto a verandah.
Creator: Unknown.
2 prints; Good condition, modern copy..

circa 1930

Interior view of M.J. Kennaway's house on Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin, about 1930. 355 x 155 mm. (two prints joined and re-photographed). A panoramic view of the other half of the drawing room seen in the preceding print.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition (modern copy).

circa 1930

[Flying Dragon at Port Weld, ? circa 1912]. 138 x 79 mm. Showing the steamer Flying Dragon approaching a wharf at Port Weld. Marks (1926) provides the following description: 'Alongside the wharf lay the Flying Dragon, a small coasting vessel, which has run between Penang and Perak for the last forty years: carrying pigs, ducks, blachan, durians, dried fish and unwashed native passengers, and also perhaps more smells per ton than any vessel of her size.'.
Creator: Marks, Oliver (?).
Fair condition..

circa 1912

The author with his Banjarese and Javanese friends [? circa 1912]. 138 x 80 mm. Showing Oliver Marks posed in the centre of a group of Banjarese and Javanesemen.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..

circa 1912

Fishing boats and houses at Pasir Itam, Perak [? circa 1912]. 138 x 79 mm. Showing boats moored beside waterside houses raised on stilts at Pasir Itam. Photograph possibly by Oliver Marks.
Creator: Marks, Oliver (?).
Good condition..

circa 1912

[Chinese fishing boat off Pasir Itam, Perak, ? 1912]. 138 x 80 mm. Showing two Chinese fishermen and a boy aboard their vesel. This boat was stopped by Marks to check whether the sailors had valid fishing licences. Photograph possibly by Oliver Marks.
Creator: Marks, Oliver (?).

1912

Group of Malay States Guides with their children. 152 x 109 mm. Group portrait of Indian soldiers of the Malay States Guides with their children.
Creator: Unknown.

circa 1900

[Empire Day at Pulau Bahru, Dindings, 1925]. 276 x 218 mm. Group photograph of Malay school children and teachers posed in front of school buildings. A notice on the blackboard placed at the centre of the group reads: '24.5.25 Empire Day P. Baharu Dindings'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight yellowing and some tears at edges..

24 May 1925

In the Gapis Pass, [Perak, ? 1890s]. 165 x 183 mm. A view looking along a section of road in the pass with jungle on either side. Construction work appears to be still in progress, with a roller in the foreground, and labourers seated beside the road in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

1890–1899

The staff of the District Court, Kuala Kangsar. 200 x 150 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph with identifications as follows: Notice Server; ACHAVIAM, FERNANDO; GAN; PEON; Inspector WONG; Wan HAMARUDIN; the Presiding Officer; the CAO; MANHENDRAN (Ipoh lawyer); Ditt SINGH.
Creator: Unknown.

Mar. 1946

[B.M.A.M]. 80 x 130 mm (mounted on card). Group photograph outside a building with a sign behind the group reading B.M.A.M (next word obliterated by someones head) Food Store. Figures identified include: Sgt COLLINS; A.H. (presumably Amyand Haggard, donor of this photograph); Capt. ATKINSON and RTO. Two names at the top of the photograph are given as KRISHNAN and SAMY.
Creator: Unknown.

1946

Malay Boys School Baharu (?) nr K.K. 80 x 130 mm (mounted on card). Group photograph showing children sitting outside a two storey building. Two adults stand at either side of the group.
Creator: Unknown.

Mar. 1946

The staff of the Civil Affairs Office, Kuala Kangsar. 190 x 257 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph showing the staff of the Civil Affairs Office. Identifications are made mostly by means of initials written in ink on the card underneath the photograph: HI; RANLY; CC; DADO; HAMARUDIN; de SILVA; A.H. (presumably Amyand Haggard, donor of this photograph); CATCHPOLE; AFC; DO; RAO, Treasurer; CC; PWD.
Creator: Unknown.

Mar. 1946