Kuala Lumpur and Penang, 1933
Posted: January 5th, 2012 | 5 Comments »I recently came across a series of old photographs of Malaya from 1933. I found them in a flea market and don’t have any details of who they originally came from though appear to be taken by a group of visiting Germans.
Anyway, here they are:
The Snake Temple in Penang in November 1933 – A German in a piff helmet obviously engaging with the locals
A mosque in Kuala Lumpur
A palanquin in KL
A procession in Kuala Lumpur
More of the procession
and, finally, a little bit more
The first photo is outside the snake temple in Penang, which still looks much the same, although is now surrounded by tat sellers.
Those old photos are a real treasure and a great find.
Olden days Chinese funeral are very elaborate. From the flag bearers and line of activities, it tells a story how great this person had lived his life. How many kids, grandkids and so on.
Thank you for sharing.
Love the Penang photos, especially as I just finished re-reading Amitav Ghosh’s “The Glass Palace” over the holidays. The photos add some dimension to the narrative.
Thanks.
the Glass Palace is a great book – are you going to try the Ibis trilogy now the first two are available – Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke – both excellent
Hi. I am writing from a Non Profit Organisation in Malaysia. We are interested to get the Hi- Res photo for the Mosque for us to put in the book that we are going to publish this year. I would appreciate if you could give me your contact such as email, so that I can explain further to you about this. I hope to hearing from yo soon.
Thank you