Singapore Collection (page 7)

RAF airmen in front of an Avro Lincoln. From left: Fl Off J.S. Hay, Sqn Ldr A.K. Passmore, DFC, and Fl Off G. Raper of 97 Squadron in Singapore during Exercise Red Lion II

BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk84 of Singapore

The first BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk84 for Singapore

Lockheed Constellation Lawrence Hargrave of Qantas Empire
Lockheed Constellation, Lawrence Hargrave, of Qantas Empire Airways at Tengah, Singapore

Hawker Hunter fighters line up on the runway at Don Muang after their arrival from Singapore

Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 30 April 1854
Page 3 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother describing the people and wildlife of Singapore, staying with a missionary and the progress of his assistant Charles, dated April 1854

Letter written by Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913)
Letter from the nineteenth century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace to Frederick Bates, sent from Singapore in 1856

Vase with Landscape. 1736-1796. Decorated with black and white miniature. Chien-Long period. Chinese art. Qing period. China / Porcelain. SINGAPORE. Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Imperial Seal with Figure of Dragon. 1796-1820. Ivory. Chia-chin period (1796-1820). Chinese art. Qing period. Decorative Arts. SINGAPORE. Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Art Museum

Marriage contract (ketubbah) between Kalman, son of Judah Aryeh and Jochebed, daughter of Israel Ben Zevi. Singapore, 1880. Decorated with two fishes, a symbol of fertility. Miniature Painting

Tanglin Road - Singapore - named after the home of William Napier (a 19th century lawyer and newspaper editor), which was called Tang Leng. Date: circa 1910s

Boats on the Singapore River, Singapore
The massed ranks of fishing Boats on the Singapore River, Singapore. Date: circa 1950

Durian fruit from Singapore
The durian fruit is distinctive for its large size, unique odour (some compare it to sewage, stale vomit, skunk spray), and formidable thorn-covered husk

Singapore - Johnstons Pier - Singapore Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Singapore Seafront Date: 1903

Hundu Festival
The Thaipusan Festival in Singapore where self- mutilation plays a key role. Here the Kavardie-bearer moves through the crowd out of the temple grounds. Date: February 1964

Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
Air Chief-Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the first British Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, pictured on the telephone at his desk in his Singapore headquarters. Date: December 1941

Japanese troops in Singapore 1942
Following the surrender of Singapore by the British in 1942 during World War Two, Japanese soldiers march through the streets, in front of the General Post Office building. Date: 1942

Japanese raid on Singapore
Singapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

British refugees from Penang, Malaya, on their way to Singapore, are provided with refreshments by local residents at Ipoh Station, in Perak

Japanese army cross Singapore causeway
Japanese forces cross the causeway from Malaya to Singapore. Malaya had been taken from the retreating British and Commonwealth forces at the end of January 1942

British troops train in Malaya
A column of British troops train in the jungle of Malaya, preparing to defend the territory from invasion by Japanese forces

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Malay House - Pasir Panjang - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

Government Offices and Clocktower - Singapore Date: circa 1930s

Malay Seller of Satay Beef with his portable shop - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

British / Singapore / 1824
The British enter Singapore to take control after it was sold to them by the Sultan of Johor. It soon became the most important port in Malaysia for British trade. Date: 1824

Baby orangutan and owner - Singapore

Tropical Sunset - Singapore
Tropical Sunset with Palm tees - Singapore

Dyak Warrior with fantastic shield
A Dyak warrior chief from Singapore, bearing a fantastic slender leaf-shaped carved wooden shield and carrying a spear, ready to (seemingly) throw at the photographer!

Native House - Singapore (then part of New Guinea ), with a distinctive high pointed roof

Rickshaw Driver from Singapore
A Rickshaw Driver from Singapore and his vehicle. He has stopped off for a puff on his pipe

Cobham / Singapore Flying
Sir Alan John Cobham, aviator, and his Singapore Flying Boat

Raffles Hotel Ballroom
The ballroom of the famous Raffles Hotel, Singapore, the finest ballroom in the East

Short Singapore
Flown by Cobham in 1927, this reliable flying boat is used throughout the thirties, and this model III is in service with the RAF at the outbreak of World War Two

Singapore General View
Distant view of the harbour

Singapore Market 1897
A market in Singapore

Taking Singapore
The naval base of Singapore is surrendered by the Allies to the Japanese and seen as a far-reaching military defeat for the allies

Racial / India / Parsees
Parsees from Eastern India (and from Singapore)

Singapore / Harbour C1870
Singapore: the harbour viewed from above

Singapore Street Food
Mobile street vendors hawk their goods on the streets of Singapore

JOHORE EXPLOSION
The iron paddle-steamer Johore blows up off Singapore

Singapore Harbour Scene
Where the East sits down and waits for the West to come and barter - then as now, Singapore is a busy, bustling commercial city depending on mercantile trade

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