1907 C J Kleingrothe Malay Peninsula Singapore & Penang Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Start Price USD 100.00 Current Price USD 1,975.50 Time Left - Bid Count 18 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 29, 2008 End Time Friday, September 05, 2008 Location Heidelberg See more about '1907 C J Kleingrothe Malay Peninsula Singapore & Penang' Description     MALAY PENINSULA (S.S. & Federated Malay States). First edition.   ca. 150 photogravure-ills. after orig. photographs by Kleingrothe (Medan, Sumatra) printed on 71 cards and a large loose coloured map, dated 1907. With original Box ! The rarest album by Kleingrothe -   from the household (Munich) of the daughter  of Charles J , Kleingrothe It is in very good , near unused condition - see pictures   measures approx. : 14 1/2 " x 17 1/2 "  x 2 1/2" 37cm  x 46 cm x 6 cm weight ca. 6 kg   The photogravures (heliogravures) are of superior quality. (Gravure Obernetter) Title with mounted Photo of a Tiger in Trap. Wonderful gold embossed "Art Nouveau" characters     Description: Title Malay Peninsula     Subtitle Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Original Photos .............by  C J Kleingrothe, Medan Deli Covering Dates circa 1907 Extent and Medium 139 images in 1 boxed portfolio Content and context A commercial photographer active in Sumatra and Malaya in the 1900s. A portfolio containing photogravure reproductions on 71 sheets, plus title leaf and map. The series contains views showing general scenery, towns, agriculture and industry in British Malaya, and breaks down into geographical locations: Singapore 1-35; Penang 36-50; F.M.S 51-137; Sumatra 138. The captions printed under the photographs have been copied including some eccentric spelling.   Further information   Kleingrothe, C J (fl 1900-1909) photographer   Tandjong Pagur [i.e Tanjong Pagar ?]. 285 x 93 mm. Panoramic view of Tanjong Pagar Docks, Singapore.     Collyer Quai. 144 x 95 mm. View looking along Collyer Quay, Singapore.     Exchange and H'Kong - Sh'hai Bank [i.e Hong Kong and Shanghai]. 145 x 94 mm. View looking across Commercial Square, Singapore, with Exchange buildings at left and Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank at right.     Victoria Memorial Hall. 207 x 136 mm. Showing front facade of the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, from Empress Place.   Empress Place. 207 x 133 mm. View of Empress Place, Singapore, showing Victoria Memorial Hall, The Cricket Club, and Obelisk.   Raffles Museum. 139 x 97 mm. View of the buildings (opened in 1887) at the junction of Stamford and Orchard Roads.   Presbyterian Church. 140 x 95 mm.   View from the Tanks to the race course. 140 x 97 mm.   Tanglin Club. 140 x 101 mm. View from the road of the Club, founded in 1868.   Teutonia Club. 267 x 187 mm. View of the Club buildings from the road. The original club was founded for the German community in Singapore in 1856; the extensive premises seen here were opened in 1900.     Ananas plantation, Buona Vista Road. 208 x 138 mm.   Rochor (native harbour). 144 x 99 mm. General view of Rochore Harbour and village, Singapore Island.   Rochor (native harbour). 150 x 114 mm. View looking along a jetty.   Botanical Garden. 290 x 201 mm. General view of paths and ornamental lake.   Passir Puteh. 206 x 151 mm. View looking along beach, with fishing boats in foreground and flimsy wooden jetties beyond. This photograph appears to be placed in the Singapore section in error. Passir Puteh is situated in Kelantan, about 20 miles south-east of Khota Baru.   Coco - nut plantation. 207 x 136 mm.   Swiss Rifling [sic for Rifle] Club. 196 x 92 mm. View looking along the path towards the club buildings.   Woodlands Station. 203 x 86 mm. General view of Woodlands Station, Singapore Island, with a train halted at the platform.   Johore. 203 x 87 mm. View from Singapore Island looking across towards Johore Bahru.   Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque (Bahru). 200 x 135 mm.   Istana Tyersall, Palace of the Sulatan of Johor in Singapore. 200 x 149 mm. General view of path leading through ornamental gardens.   Bot [anical] Gardens Road. 202 x 272 mm. View looking along a tree - shaded avenue.   Waterworks. 272 x 99 mm. Panoramic view of Singapore Reservoir.   Boat Quai. 222 x 83 mm. Panoramic view of the Boat Quay looking towards the mouth of the Singapore River.   Police Court and Centr. [i.e. Central] Police Station. 142 x 101 mm.   Kling Temple. 140 x 99 mm. View of the Sri Mariaman Temple in South Bridge Road.   Malay mosque. 142 x 100 mm.   South Bridge Road. 140 x 100 mm.   Cecil Street. 204 x 93 mm.   Tandjong Pager Road [i.e Tandjong Pagar ?]. 205 x 94 mm.   Anson Road. 205 x 101 mm. Looking towards Boustead Institute.   New Harbour. 143 x 102 mm. General view of Keppel Harbour.   Pulu Brani Tin Smelting Works. 141 x 102 mm. View looking across the bay towards the works.   Mail arrives. 142 x 100 mm. Showing mail steamer docked at Singapore.   Mail leaves. 141 x 94 mm. View from wharf of departing steamer.   Harbour. 206 x 140 mm. General view, with steamers and small boats.   Weld Quai. 206 x 140 mm. View looking along the George Town water front, with boats moored along the length of the quay.   Municipality. 284 x 185 mm. View looking along the Esplanade at Penang from Court Cornwallis with the Municipal Buildings on the far side of the cricket ground, and the Town Hall (partially obscured by trees) to the left.   Bot [anical] Gardens scenery. 122 x 178 mm.   Coco - nut plantation with a rare specimen. 104 x 197 mm.   Waterfall. 118 x 178 mm. Showing part of the waterfall in the Botanical Gardens at the foot of the Penang Hill.   The Cragh Hotel. 133 x 104 mm. View looking along Penang Hill towards the Hotel.   View from the Government Bungalow. 140 x 99 mm. View from Penang Hill looking across towards the Port Wellesley mainland.   To the Cragh. 140 x 99 mm. Showing the road leading up Penang Hill to the Cragh Hotel. Creator: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Central Office of Information.   Government Bungalow at the Cragh. 137 x 83 mm. View looking across thick forest on Penang Hill towards the bungalow.   Chinese tempel at Ayer Itam. 282 x 196 mm. Showing the temple, perched on a hillside among palm trees at Ayer Itam in the Lundu District of Penang.   Tandjong Tokong. 178 x 104 mm. General view of the village of Tanjong Tokong, with atap houses along the waterfront. Tanjong Tokong is situated about four and a half miles north - west of George Town.   Tandjong Tokong. 178 x 95 mm. Showing the beach of Tanjong Tokong.   Tandjong Tokong. 178 x 97 mm. Showing trees at Tanjong Tokong, with the village in the background.   Penang Swimming Club. 283 x 207 mm. View looking down onto the beach towards the clubhouse.   Port Dikson [i.e Dickson]. 206 x 102 mm. View along the railway line at Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan.   Seremban. 206 x 84 mm. General view of the town.   Seremban from the resthouse. 206 x 109 mm. Seremban from the resthouse.   Para rubber planting. Clearing jungel [i.e jungle]. 203 x 97 mm. General view of estate with cleared land being burned.   Para robber[i.e. rubber] planting. Seed planting. 202 x 90 mm. Showing labourers raking earth and planting seeds.   Para rubber planting. Nurseri [i.e Nursery]. 204 x 98 mm. Showing young plants in nursery beds.   Para rubber planting. Nursery and 6 year old plantation. 202 x 146 mm. Showing nursery beds, with older trees in the background.   Taping 12 and 15 year old trees. 202 x 156 mm. Showing estate workers making incisions in mature trees for tapping.   Para rubber planting. Washing, rolling and drying. 201 x 122 mm. Showing the interior of an estate factory, with workers operating the machinery which squeezes moisture from the latex and forms it into strips. With bundles of rubber hanging from the ceiling.   Para rubber planting. Seed explosion of the fruit. Reproduction of a drawing showing stages of germination of the rubber seed.   Para rubber planting. 23 year old (Linsum Est.). 138 x 202 mm. Showing a large and deeply incised rubber tree, with a European estate manager standing beside it, and two workers making incisions in the trunk.   Liberia Coffie [Coffee] Plantation. 216 x 145 mm. Showing mature trees on an estate.   Rambong - Ficus elastica. 136 x 212 mm.   Guvernement [i.e. Government] Offices. 288 x 185 mm. General view of the Federal Governement Offices at Kuala Lumpur.   F. M. S. Railways Central Offices. 206 x 129 mm.   Town Hall. 206 x 143 mm.   Kuala Lumpur. Clark Road. 205 x 97 mm.   Kuala Lumpur. Church. 205 x 95 mm.   Kuala Lumpur. Museum. 205 x 108 mm.   Kuala Lumpur. The Garden. 206 x 89 mm. View of the ornamental garden near the Residency.   Kuala Lumpur. The Lake Club. 206 x 87 mm. View looking across the public gardens towards the club premises. The Lake Club was founded in 1891.   Kuala Lumpur. The Residency. 206 x 90 mm. View of the Carcosa from the ornamental gardens.   Batu Caves Station. 155 x 202 mm. View of the station with cliffs behind. The caves are situated about seven miles from Kuala Lumpur.   The Caves. 154 x 202 mm. View of the entrance to one of the Batu Caves.   Port Swettenham. 208 x 126 mm. Showing shipping moored beside a railway wharf at Port Swettenham, Selangor.   Klang [i.e. Kelang]. The palast of the Sultan. 224 x 151 mm.   Sungei Bessi. A sand lake of residue. 141 x 90 mm. View looking across an expanse of sand with tin mining plant in the background. The tin mining centre of Sungei Besai is situated in central Selangor.   Sungei Bessi. Chinese smelting works. 139 x 89 mm. Showing excavated land in the foreground, with mining plant and houses beyond.   Sungei Bessi. European tin mine. 141 x 104 mm. View looking down into the excavated area of an opencast tin mine.   Sungei Bessi. Puddling machinery. 143 x 102 mm.   Kuala Kubu (Resthouse). 226 x 111 mm. General view of resthouse and grounds at Kuala Kubu at Bharu, about 30 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.   Auto mail service. 80 x 156 mm. Showing two mail lorries halted on a jungle road (probably the Kuala Kubu road).   Road K. Kubu. 83 x 152 mm. Showing oxcarts on the Kuala Kubu road.   Raub - K. Lipis. 77 x 152 mm. Showing the jungle road between Raub and Kuala Lipis.   Early in the morning. 283 x 190 mm. View looking out over jungle, with a road and river in the foreground. Exact location unidentified.   The resthouse on the Gape [i.e. Gap]. 142 x 91 mm. General view of the resthouse in the Semangko Gap (commonly called The Gap), the mountain pass between Kuala Lumpur and Pahang, situated just south of Frasers Hill and 37 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.   Chinese water elevator. 140 x 92 mm. Showing a wooden water wheel beside a river.   Tin mining in the Gapis (Abt. 8500 feet). 141 x 101 mm. General view of mining excavations in the Semangko Gap.   Raub Power Station N. Tras. 140 x 100 mm. Showing the power station buildings beside a river.   Raub Gold Mining Coy. General view. 204 x 105 mm. View looking down on workings, with river beyond.   Main shaft. 125 x 108 mm.   Raub. 196 x 118 mm. General view, with elephants in the foreground.   Pahang River at Kuala Lipis. 204 x 151 mm. General view of river scenery.   Pahang River at Kuala Lipis. 204 x 155 mm. General view, with houseboats in foreground.   Telok Anson. 202 x 149 mm. View of Perak River waterfront at Telok Anson, taken from Mills Road.   Telok Anson. 202 x 148 mm. Looking across a grassed area between two streets, with a pagoda in the background.   Kampar. 278 x 185 mm. General view of open cast tin mining operations at Kampar in Perak, 20 miles south - south - east of Ipoh.   Tin mining. Red Hill Mine. 205 x 135 mm. General view of mine workings.   Hydraulic cutting at Sepian. 205 x 155 mm. Creator: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Central Office of Information.   Tin mining. Puddling and washing works at Tronoh. 206 x 143 mm. General view of plant at Tronoh, situated in central Perak, 14 miles south - west of Ipoh.   Tin mining. Tronoh shaft mine. 206 x 142 mm. General view of mine workings.   Tin mining. Tambun. 205 x 137 mm. General view of open cast mine workings with Indian labourers. Tambun is just situated just east of Ipoh.   Chinese open caste mine near Taiping (4000 Kulis). 204 x 147 mm. View looking along excavations, with coolie labour on the flimsy wooden bridges which criss-cross the workings.   Tin mining. Lankshuts [water sluices] at Tronoh. 205 x 90 mm.   Puddling machinery, Tambun. 206 x 90 mm.   Shaking machinery at Red Hill. 206 x 120 mm.   Ipoh Club. 208 x 132 mm. Looking across recreation ground towards the Club.   Ipoh. Station Road. 209 x 150 mm. View looking along the street, with the premises of Eric Maxwell, Solicitor and Advocate, in the foregound.   Ipoh. The Residency. 210 x120 mm. View looking across the river towards the Residency.   Ipoh. Road [through] the Caves. 101 x 135 mm.   Ipoh. Chinese tempel [i.e. temple]. 100 x 136 mm. Temple with cliffs behind.   Batu Gadja. 209 x 88 mm. View of unidentified buildings (?Government offices) in Batu Gaja in Perak.   Batu Gadja. 208 x 89 mm. View looking along road through parkland.   Batu Gadja. 208 x 89 mm. General view of town, situated in East Kinta district, Perak.   Engor. Rway [i.e. Railway] Bridge. 296 x 91 mm. View of the Victoria Railway Bridge over the Perak River at Enggor.   Engor. Ponton Bridge. 207 x 90 mm. Showing a pontoon bridge across the Perak River at Enggor.   Kuala Kangsar. Club and resthouse. 207 x 92 mm. General view from road.   Kuala Kangsar. The Residency. 205 x 96 mm. View from the Perak River.   Kuala Kangsar. Palace of the Sultan. 204 x 106 mm.   Kuala Kangsar. Perak River. 205 x 115 mm.   Padang-Rengas Pass. 203 x 146 mm. View looking along the railway line through the pass.   Mail train on the Pass. 203 x 144 mm.   Taiping. Government Offices. 286 x 95 mm. General view of main façade.   Taiping. 286 x 113 mm. Panoramic view from neighbouring hills.   Taiping. New Club and Officers Mess. 206 x 81 mm.   Taiping. Residency and the Club. 205 x 105 mm.   Taiping. Garden. 207 x 105 mm. View looking out over the ornamental lakes and garden, laid out in the mid 1890s.   Taiping. Waterfall. 209 x 272 mm. With waterworks in foreground.   Sugar plantation. 280 x 106 mm. Showing Indian labourers hauling boats loaded with harvested cane along a canal in a sugar plantation.   Nibong Tebal. 274 x 197 mm. Showing a junk moored at a jetty at Nibong Tebal in Province Wellesley.   Malay woman. 61 x 92 mm. Half length portrait.   Tamil woman. 52 x 117 mm. Full length portrait.   Sakkays [Sakais]. 78 x 112 mm. Showing a Sakai man and woman standing beneath a hut raised on stilts. The man is armed with a blow pipe.   Malay Hodji. 53 x 117 mm. Full length portrait of a Malay who has made the pilgramage to Mecca.   Bengalese watchman. 57 x 93 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.   Javanese beauty. 59 x 88 mm. Half length portrait.   His Royal Highness. 152 x 86 mm. Showing a dead tiger.   Tamil girl. 65 x 86 mm. Full length portrait of young Tamil child.   Soengi-Belawan. Virgin jungle. 295 x 202 mm. Showing a river running through dense jungle in Sumatra.         We will ship worldwide  - please ask for shipping costs  to your destination - I prefere PAYPAL Please click on "View seller's other items" to save shipping costs ! Do not hesitate to email any questions and ask for larger pictures. Thank you !   Because so many People have asked, how much are the shipping cost’s to their destination, here the information:   Shipping costsis a bit expensive, because the Album is very heavy. The weight of the Album is aprox. 6 Kilogramm or  pound lbs. 13.22751 (plus packaging.)   Europe                          3- 5 days   € 21 USA                              8-12 days  $ 62   -  6-7 days  $ 108 Malaysia + Singapore   8-12 days  $ 76   -  6-8 days  $ 138 Express delivery is more expensive. Insurance over 500 €  costs extra.      we only  sell genuine and original old:  Luggage Labels - Kofferaufkleber - Hotel Sticker  / stickers - Baggage Labels - Etichetta - Étiquettes - Etiquetas Steamer trunk label - PPC RPPC - Postcards - Travel Brochure - Hotel ads - Cigarbox labels - label - Zigarren Etiketten - World Travel Items - Vintage Photographs         MALAYA Peninsula (Malaysia) Penang and Singapore /Singapur / Singapour    about 1907   from the household (Munich) of the daughter  of Charles J , Kleingrothe It is in very good , near unused condition - see pictures   measures approx. : 14 1/2 " x 17 1/2 "  x 2 1/2" 37cm  x 46 cm x 6 cm weight ca. 6 kg       Powered by eBay Turbo Lister On Aug-31-08 at 09:05:14 PDT, seller added the following information:Sorry, there is a listing mistake .We will ship the item Worldwide! Place a Bid!