Reflection in the pool at Mount Pleasure Penang : general view



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01 Jan 1950

Photographed By Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-

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This is a 1950s photograph of the pool side at Mount Pleasure Hotel in Penang. In the background, there are many trees and a dense forest. 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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