This is a photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. This was taken during the opening ceremony of King George VI Graving Dock on 14 February 1938. It shows various guests after the ceremony. The three dark figures at the front on the right and the two on the left are Sultans of the Malay States. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.

Credit Line

From the Edwin A. Brown Collection. All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008

Subjects

• Gathering rites--Photographs
• Docks--Singapore--Photographs
• Governors--Singapore--Photographs