| VOP Code: | KSN586 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Street view |
| Keywords: | Beach St / Lebuh Pantai, Buildings, commercial street, Aerial photo from Bank Bumiputra building |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: this section of Beach St used to be filled with banks and European emporia. Close to Union St, Bishop St, Church St / Lebuh Gereja, Details: Westernised shop fronts and abandonment of the shaded five-foot-way meant canopies were added to the facades to provide shade. Often created from a row of existing shophouses the roof tops reflect the individual building forms, Materials: terracotta V shaped roof tiles, replaced later with corrugated asbestos sheets. Parapet walls and hidden gutters, predominantly masonry buildings with lime mortar and lime plaster walls, George Town |
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| Source: | The KSN Collection |
Street view
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Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the Archives and Special Collections, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London, for providing access to the Light Letters Collection. We are particularly indebted to Susannah Rayner, who was head of Archives and Special Collections at SOAS Library and Erich Kesse, the Digital Library Project Officer at SOAS Library. Our gratitude goes to Dr. Mulaika Hijjas, Professor Ernst Ulrich Kratz and Dato’ Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop. Our appreciation is also extended to Zulqarnain Abu Bakar, Muhaimin Sulam, M Pisol Mat Isa, M Nuri al-Amin and Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob of the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Accuracy:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the transliteration and summary for each letter. Any comment and feedback are welcomed.
For Further Information, Please Contact
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican (muradmerican@gmail.com), Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mr. Abdur-Rahman Mohamed Amin (urrahman_amin@petronas.com.my), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
