Mansfield/Straits Steamship office staff, 1957 : group photograph
Photograph
01 Nov 1957
Information About
This 1957 photograph has the words "Mansfields/ Straits Steamship Office & Floating staff. LtoR.Back. Nov. 1957 x x x x x victualling x x x x x x " seat Roger Pierson x x x Pat Caldicot Captain Jimmy Harkness x x x " grass x x x x Derek Colby x x x Alfred Uren. Nov 1957. 23.1380" on the back. It shows three rows of men, posing for a photograph in the grounds of a large bungalow. The men are likely to be staff from the Mansfields/ Straits Steamship Office. The five Caucasian men in the group photograph are named as Roger Pierson, Pat Caldicot, Captain Jimmy Harkness, Derek Colby and Alfred Uren. Title devised by Library staff.
Additional Details
- Credit Line
- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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