This is a 1950s photograph showing several men on the deck of a ship, probably a cargo ship. They seem to be busy trying to secure the cargo using ropes. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Steamboat lines--Employees--Photographs
• Freight and freightage--Photographs