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  • Panglima Prang, ancestral portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1971 photograph features an ancestral portrait of a seated Chinese man wearing traditional clothing in an ornate photo frame. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • European man sitting in a trishaw in 1919 : single

    Arts · Transportation · Personalities · Heritage and Culture
    This 1919 photograph is mounted on a board, with the handwritten words "MISS STEPHENS. SINGAPORE 1919. J.B. 2nd MATE" on the front. This photograph shows Captain J.B. Brown sitting on a trishaw and posing for a photograph. He is dressed in a white suit with a bowtie and is holding...

  • Photograph of two ladies in kebaya : full-length portrait [3]

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Lee, Kip Lin
    This is an old photograph found in a house at McNair Road (Family portraits of Mr P.R.S Pandian of house No. 103). It is likely taken in early 20th century. McNair Road is named after Major J.F.A. McNair, who served as the first Colonial Engineer. McNair Road is near Serangoon...
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  • A Sakai and his blowpipe : full-length portrait

    Arts · Geography and Travels · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of a Sakai and his blowpipe. A Sakai inhabits the interior tropical mountainous regions of Perak and Kelantan states in Malaysia. They are called Orang Asli, aboriginal people. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP...
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  • Standing Malay man with umbrella, 1863 : full-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture
    This 1893 photograph shows a Malay man dressed in a traditional Malay costume, posing with an umbrella for a studio shoot. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

  • Standing Indian Sepoy, 1863 : full-length portrait

    Arts · Politics and Government · Heritage and Culture
    This 1863 photograph portrays an Indian soldier, known as Sepoy, standing upright for a studio shoot. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

  • Photograph of two ladies in kebaya : full-length portrait [1]

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Lee, Kip Lin
    This is an old photograph found in a house at McNair Road (Family portraits of Mr P.R.S Pandian of house No. 103). It is likely taken in early 20th century. McNair Road is named after Major J.F.A. McNair, who served as the first Colonial Engineer. McNair Road is near Serangoon...
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  • Sikh security guard, 1950s : full-length portrait

    Arts · Economy · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of a Sikh man reading a newspaper at the entrance of a building. He is probably the security guard there. Many of the early Sikhs in Singapore were either watchmen, policemen or dairy farmers. Digitized from an album page containing 7 photographs described collectively as...
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  • A Malay girl : full-length portrait

    Arts · Geography and Travels · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    A 1950s photograph of a shy Malay girl with a scarf draped around her head and sholders. She seems to be standing, barefoot in the middle of the road, with her shoes in her right hand while bitting her nails from the other. Part of a compiled album, with a...
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  • Chinese lady, with boy and girl, 1919 : group photograph

    Personalities · Arts · Sports and Recreation · Heritage and Culture · Lambert, G. R.
    This is a G.R. Lambert & Co. photograph from 1919, of a Chinese woman seated, with her two children standing. They are wearing traditional clothing and are posing for the photograph in a garden. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Curious children : group photograph

    Geography and Travels · Arts · Tyers, R. K.
    This is a 1950s photograph depicting four Burmese children attired in traditional Burmese clothes. In the middle of the shot, is a Burmese boy who is carrying a baby with another boy peeking from the back with curiosity. To the left is a squatting girl who is facing left. Part...
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  • Malay men, 1950s : two people

    Personalities · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    A [1950s] photograph of two Malay men, standing at the side of the road, wearing songkok and sarong (Cloth which is tightly tied around the waist). Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Date of creation estimated....
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  • Oval group portrait of men in Vietnamese costume, 1863 : group photograph

    Arts · Heritage and Culture
    This 1863 studio photograph shows six Vietnamese men, with three seated and three standing. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

  • Photograph of an Indian couple : full-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Lee, Kip Lin
    This is an old photograph found in a house at McNair Road (Family portraits of Mr P.R.S Pandian of house No. 103). It is likely taken in early 20th century. The picture is a posed photograph is of an Indian male and Indian female. The Indian female is seated and...
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  • Photograph of two ladies in kebaya : full-length portrait [2]

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Personalities · Lee, Kip Lin
    This is an old photograph found in a house at McNair Road (Family portraits of Mr P.R.S Pandian of house No. 103). It is likely taken in early 20th century. McNair Road is named after Major J.F.A. McNair, who served as the first Colonial Engineer. McNair Road is near Serangoon...
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  • Very much on duty : full-length portrait

    Arts · Economy · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph depicting a uniformed sailor who is taking a nap, standing up, while on duty. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title transcribed from album.
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  • Smiling Burmese girl, 1950s : half-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph capturing a smiling Burmese girl who is wearing a traditional Burmese headscarf. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title transcribed from album. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • A young Tamby : general view

    Geography and Travels · Economy · Arts · Personalities · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph showing a young Tamby (also known as peon) holding a set of documents in the Malayan Airways office at the Ocean Building. In the background, there is the… Digitized from an album page containing 9 photographs described collectively as "Malayan Airways". Part of a compiled...
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  • Seated Indian man with umbrella, 1863 : half-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture
    This 1863 photograph shows an Indian man, dressed in a traditional ethnic costume, seated for a studio shoot. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

  • A Buddhist : headshot

    Arts · Personalities · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This 1950s photograph captures the headshot of a Buddhist priest, dressed in his robe. Buddhist priests are highly respected in Burma due to the majority practising Buddhism as their religion. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE."...
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  • Seated Chinese man with umbrella, 1863 : full-length protrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture
    The 1863 photograph depicts a Straits Chinese man, dressed in a traditional baju lok chuan, posing with an umbrella for a studio shoot. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

  • Very attractive : full-length portrait

    Arts · Geography and Travels · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of a Chinese lady who seems to have just arrived at a Chinese wedding. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE."
    Reproduction Available

  • Smiling Chinese man : half-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph illustrating an aged Chinese man, wearing a conical Asian hat, who is laughing. On the right-hand corner of the photograph, there is a traditional Chinese lantern hanging above the man. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff...
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  • Seated Chinese man with beret, 1863 : half-length portrait

    Arts · Heritage and Culture
    This 1863 studio photograph depicts a Straits Chinese man, wearing a beret and ethnic clothing. The image was digitized from a Sachtler & Co. album entitled "Views and types of Singapore, 1863". Title information from donor.

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