Singapore. Government House. Photographer: G. R. Lambert and Company
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Distant view of Government house and garden. Photograph unsigned, but probably by G. R. Lambert and Co. Singapore was visited by the compiler of this album between 28th January and 1st February 1879.
[Union Square] New York. Photographer: Frith's Series
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Numbered and titled in the negative: 4006. Union Square. N. York. With Frith's Series blindstamp. General view of Union Square, with the equestrian statue of George Washington in the right foreground.
General view across the Haven Kanaal (Harbour Canal), looking towards the ocean in the distance; with Customs offices and port administration buildings on the canal's eastern bank on the right-hand side. The white building in the centre is the Pasar Ikan (Fish Market). The photograph was taken f...
Java. Chinese camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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General view towards southern end of the Pintu Kecil district. This photograph would have been taken from the corner of Jalan Pintu Kecil bending around to the left towards Jalan Toko Tiga. The name 'Pintu Kecil' means 'small door' or 'small gate' in Indonesian, and was derived from a gate that ...
View looking along a canal towards an obelisk shaped monument in the distance. Visited by the compiler of this album between 16 and 17th February, 1879.
Batavia [Jakarta].Chinese Camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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'This photograph was taken from the bridge which connects what is now Jalan Asemka to Jalan Pintu Kecil and is looking in a southerly direction. Around the bend in the river on the left are the Toko Tiga and Pancoran areas. On the left-hand side, where houses stand on the edge of the river, the ...
Numbered and titled in the negative: 4007. Elevated Rail Rd; New York. With Frith's Series blindstamp. Street view with rows of commercial buildings on both sides of the road and elevated railway on right.
View of the port of Saigon with a flagstaff in the centre and colonial buildings beyond. The view appears to be taken from the building seen in the background of print 60, looking back towards the spot that photograph was taken from. Visited by the compiler of this album between 16 and 17th Feb...