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Photo 800

Record Id:

032-003107653

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003107653

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026024896.0x0010a1

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 800

Title:

Album of views in Malaya. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Brown paper-covered post-bound album, 250x310mm, containing photographs mounted with adhesive corner mounts. Detailed typescript descriptions of the photographs are pasted opposite the prints, with shorter captions below. The photographs are snapshots taken throughout Malaya, c.1930.

Prints 1-3 Trap door spider's web. Prints 4-7 Views at Bukit Fraser. Prints 8-9 Hill scenery in Pahang. Prints 10-13 Views at Selangor including the Residency and Club. Prints 14-15 Hill scenery in Pahang. Print 16 Red Cross House at Selangor? Print 17 Junk boat. Print 18 Sakai group, Pahang. Print 19 Chinese tin mine. Print 20 Paddy field, Pahang. Prints 21-22 Benta Bridge, Pahang. Print 23 'Chinese loading coolies of the SS Boribat having their evening meal on the well deck'. Print 24 Fallen tree obstructing a road. Print 25 Portrait of 'Nora and Gladys on Peninjau'. Prints 26-29 Portraits taken during the Sultan's birthday celebrations. Prints 30-36 Views of local craft and scenery. Prints 37-39 Source of the Terengganu River. Print 40 [Loose print] Trap door spider? Prints 41-42 [Loose] Copies of a portrait and map of a Portuguese(?) explorer.

Process = Gelatine silver prints

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003107653

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003107653

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1929

End Date:

1931

Date Range:

c 1930

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 62 mm x 95 mm to 298 mm x 230 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by Mrs Stella Carlisle, 1987.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Places:

Selangor, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia