Sampans and houses on stilts along a river : general view
Seen in this photograph is a peaceful kampong scene with some sampans moored near houses on stilts along a river. There are two other sampans in the water, one of which has a woman dressed in red standing in it. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
From the Percy Hill Collection. All rights reserved, Margaret Ryan and National Library Board, Singapore 2009
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape
- Boats and boating--Singapore--Photographs
- Dwellings--Singapore--Photographs
- Business, finance and industry>>Industry>>Services>>Transportation and logistics
Suggested Pictures
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Sampans and houses on stilts along a river with a boat in the foreground : general view -
A riverine town with sampans and boats : general view -
Moored sampans : general view -
Sampans and attap houses on stilts along a river bank : general view -
Sampans : general view -
Seaside kampong in the 1880s : general view -
Two burmese children at play : general view -
Two sampans near kelongs : general view -
Malay kampong on stilts, 1863 : General view -
Attap houses on stilts along waterside : general view -
Sailboats on a beach : side view -
Attap house on stilts along a waterfront : exterior -
Three Malay boys sitting beside the river in a kampong : general view -
Stilt houses, 1970s : general view -
Singapore River, 1870 : general view 3 -
Samsui women : profile -
An Indian family by gate of compound : group photograph -
Oval view of a seaside kampong, 1863 : general view -
Chinese men rowing a boat in 1905 : action -
Singapore River, 1890 : general view -
Transporting logs at Tuas jetty, 1970 : general view -
Singapore River, 1880s : general view 2 -
Singapore River in 1983 : general view [1]
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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Aerial view of a house on stilts beside two sampans floating on water -
A row of houses standing in the water with sampans moored in front of them -
A VIEW OF AN ISLAND!/S PIER AND HOUSES ON STILTS AT THE BEACH FRONT (EARLY 1990S) -
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF MEN IN A SAMPAN OFF TANJONG RHU -
PROVINCE OF CANTHO - TRAON. HOUSES ON STILTS, C1900S -
VIEW OF HOUSES ON STILTS FROM SEA AT PULAU UBIN -
VIEW OF SAMPANS AND VESSELS, SINGAPORE -
Loading and unloading of goods from sampans moored along the banks of Singapore River at Boat Quay -
A VIEW OF AN ISLAND!/S PIER AND HOUSES ON STILTS AT THE BEACH FRONT (EARLY 1990S) -
MALAY HOUSE ON STILTS, SINGAPORE -
CHINESE SAMPAN, SINGAPORE -
A LADY ON A SAMPAN (EARLY 1990S) -
BARGES AND SAMPANS MOORED ALONG SINGAPORE RIVER (1958) -
SCENE OF MALAY CHILDREN & SAMPAN AT SIGLAP SEASIDE -
Man on a sampan -
BOATS AND SAMPANS AT SEA. -
ATTAP HOUSES ON STILTS -
ATTAP HOUSES ON STILTS -
Singapore Naval Base - Sampans used on survey -
ATTAP HOUSES ON STILTS -
SINGAPORE RIVER. BARGES AND SAMPANS ARE MOORED ALONG THE RIVER FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS -
HOUSES ON STILTS BEFORE RECLAMATION IN KALLANG BASIN, SINGAPORE -
Houses on stilts photographed during sunset, Singapore