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  • Rexom Ngim and son standing in front of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve signboard

    Streets and Places · Nature Society (Singapore)
    This photograph is part of the collection of Malayan Nature Society group trip. It shows Rexon Ngim and his young son. Mr Ngim is in a long-sleeved white shirt while his son is wearing a white t-shirt. They are posing in front of a signboard at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve....

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 7) [47]

    Streets and Places · Geography and Travels
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 7) collection. It shows a boy viewing a book display for Children's Day in a library. The theme of the display is "Children everywhere". Title devised by Library staff.

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 8) [47]

    Geography and Travels · Events
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 8) collection. It was taken during the finals of "Tell A Folktale Competition" organised by the National Library. This photograph shows a boy with a pair of paper rabbit ears on his head and a carrot in his hand on the...

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 7) [45]

    Geography and Travels
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 7) collection. It shows a Malay lady on the stage with a young boy. This is part of the programme for "Malam Burdaya". Title devised by Library staff.

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 8) [44]

    Geography and Travels · Events
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 8) collection. It was taken during the finals of "Tell A Folktale Competition" organised by the National Library. This photograph shows an Indian boy with a turban and in a Punjabi shirt on the stage. Title devised by Library staff.

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 8) [51]

    Geography and Travels · Events
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 8) collection. It was taken during the finals of "Tell A Folktale Competition" organised by the National Library. This photograph shows a boy in a dark coat and dark top hat on the stage. Title devised by Library staff.

  • NLB old photos 1970s (Album 4) [78]

    Streets and Places · Geography and Travels
    This photograph is part of NLB 1970s photographs (Album 4) collection. It shows two of boys looking at a sign in a library. The sign informs in Chinese that there will be a storytelling session at 3pm that day. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Boy on the bearch : single

    Streets and Places · Geography and Travels · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows a boy on the beach along Amber Road. This boy is bending over and picking up something along the coast. Title devised by Library staff.
    Reproduction Available

  • Two people by the window

    Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Personalities · Piollet, Paul · Paul Piollet Collection
    Photographer’s annotation on slide: “L 17 Nov 80 near Banda St.” This 1980 photograph shows an elderly woman and a boy standing by the window on the upper floor of a Chinatown shophouse. Laundry can be seen hanging on bamboo poles to dry. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Chinese boy playing mahjong, 1970 : close-up

    Geography and Travels · Sports and Recreation · Heritage and Culture · Piollet, Paul · Paul Piollet Collection
    This 1970 photograph shows a Chinese boy playing mahjong at Hock Lam Street while another boy looks on. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Malay boy : profile

    Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    A [1950s] photograph of a Malay boy wearing a songkok, sitting by the river, looking into the distance. He seems to be waiting for a sampan according to the description in the album. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "Photographs by : R.K. Tyers. Staff Straits Steamship...
    Reproduction Available

  • Old Malay woman and child : two people

    Geography and Travels · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of an old Malay woman carrying a young child. In the album, the photographer inscribes below the picture "The past, age and wisdom with the future who doesn't know what its' all about". Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY :...
    Reproduction Available

  • Fun in the river : two children

    Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    A 1950s photograph of a young boy and girl playing in a river, possibly the Singapore River, with several sampans around them. 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...
    Reproduction Available

  • Malay boy in a garden, 1950s : headshot

    Geography and Travels · Nature and Environment · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of a young Malay boy playing with a frangipani tree in front of him with a cheeky smile. 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...
    Reproduction Available

  • Old Chinese woman and child : two people

    Geography and Travels · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of an old Chinese woman sitting at the side of the road with a young child standing next to her, who could probably be her grandchild. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD....
    Reproduction Available

  • Jurong Crescent quarters occupants : full-length portrait [1]

    Geography and Travels · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1983 photograph shows a full-length portrait of three children, living in the quarters for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) workers (located at Jurong Crescent). Title devised by Library staff.
    Reproduction Available

  • Jurong Crescent quarters occupants : full-length portrait [2]

    Geography and Travels · Arts · Heritage and Culture · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1983 photograph shows a full-length portrait of three children, living in the quarters for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) workers (located at Jurong Crescent). Title devised by Library staff.
    Reproduction Available

  • Photograph of a woman and a boy : close-up

    Arts · Personalities · Heritage and Culture · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1994 photograph shows a reproduced photograph of a woman and a boy. The reproduced photograph was probably taken in a studio. Title devised by Library staff.
    Reproduction Available

  • Princess Ann Hill resident : front view

    Personalities · Heritage and Culture
    A 1993 photograph of a young Chinese boy, a resident of Princess Ann Hill. Princess Ann Hill was part of the Princess Elizabeth Estate.Title devised by Library staff
    Reproduction Available

  • Princess Ann Hill residents : two people

    Arts · Personalities · Heritage and Culture · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1993 photograph shows two young residents of Princess Ann Hill. One boy is younger than the other and both are sitting on a concrete slab. Title devised by Library staff
    Reproduction Available

  • Boy looking at river boats at Boat Quay

    Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Economy · Massot, Gilles, 1955-
    Photograph of a boy looking at the boats from "Singapore Explorer", a river boat ride service. Taken by Mr Gilles Massot, circa 2002. This photograph shows a boy standing near the edge of the Singapore River looking at the river boats. On the left is the alfresco dining area along...

  • Craftsman at work in a Chinese antique furniture workshop, circa 1960s

    Personalities · Geography and Travels · Economy · Kemp, Jack
    Chinese antique furniture workshop: a Chinese male craftsman curving on the top of a wooden storage trunk, and stacked behind are antique black lacquered wooden trunks, with a carpenter bench and tools in front. This photograph shows a craftsman at work in a Chinese antique furniture workshop. A little boy...

  • Home-based learning during circuit breaker period

    Geography and Travels · Education · Politics and Government · Foo Siang Hwee
    "Home Based Learning includes watching some clips recommended by the school"--Contributed by Foo Siang Hwee, as part of the "Documenting COVID-19 in Singapore" collection community call. This photograph shows two young boys watching a video clip on a screen as part of their home-based learning routine during the circuit breaker...

  • Boy washing hands during stay-home notice (SHN)

    Geography and Travels · Events · Tan Kai Li
    "Child washing his hands independently at the sink. Having returned to Singapore from the US, our family of 4 was to fulfil our Stay Home Notice (SHN) at a designated hotel. As we have young children with us, we prepared for the SHN as though we were preparing for a...

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