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This is a 1950s photograph showing the dense landscape inside a jungle located in Malaysia. The jungle floor is densely covered in plants and many tall trees surround the area. The photograph is part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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