Ancient Photos Reveal How KL Used To Look Like 50 Years Ago!

http://says.com/my/lifestyle/old-photos-of-kl

Published by Nandini Balakrishnan — 26 Oct 2016, 05:23 PM

Kuala Lumpur, before the emergence of fancy skyscrapers and high-traffic streets!

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• Cover image via R.S Murthi

Have you ever wondered how Kuala Lumpur used to look like about half a century ago?

These ancient photos compiled by one R.S Murthi will take you back in time to the glorious past of Kuala Lumpur:

• • • Image via Flickr/ Peter Nguyen
  • A couple of weeks ago, we featured a set of old photos of Penang and old buses in Penang, found from one R.S Murthi's site.
    
    Knowing that we Malaysians love stepping back in time to talk about the "good old days", we decided to feature these photos of Kuala Lumpur dating back to the early and mid 20th century.
    
    Murthi found the photos from various sources online and mentioned that most of the images are scans of old postcards with photos licensed from European and Asian amatuer and professional photographers. Most of the images have been "cleaned up" and posterised by Murthi.
    
    The photos have been credited to the site that we found them from, R.S Murthi, as the names of the photographers could not be found. It would be great if you could drop us a comment should you happen to know the names of any of the photographers.

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• 1. Gombak Bridge and Town Hall c. 1908

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• 2. Selangor Club c. 1930

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• 3. Jalan Kinabalu, c. 1963

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• 4. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station c. 1965

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• 5. Dataran Medan Pasar, Petaling Street c. 1970

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• 6. Sungai Besi Airport c. 1960

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• 7. Bukit Aman, PDRM Headquarters c. 1960

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• 8. Sultan Abdul Samad Building c. 1920

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• 9. University Malaya (UM) c. 1963

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• 10. Ampang Railway Station c. 1920

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• 11. Batu Road c. 1968

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• 12. Central Market c. 1920

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• 13. An aerial view of Kuala Lumpur city center c. 1920

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• 14. Madras Cinema c. 1950

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• 15. Merdeka Stadium c. 1960

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• 16. Mountbatten Road (Jalan Tun Perak) c. 1957

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      Mountbatten Road, circa 1964.
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      Mountbatten Road, circa 1964.

• 17. High Street (Jalan Tun HS Lee), Kuala Lumpur c. 1888

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      Jalan Tun H. S Lee, circa 1975.

• 18. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka c. 1960

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      Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, circa 1970

• 19. An ice water vendor in Kuala Lumpur, c. 1900

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• 20. Rojak seller at Merdeka Square c. 1900

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• 21. Masjid Jamek area c. 1950

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      Masjid Jamek, circa 1960.

• 22. Market Street (Lebuh Pasar Besar) c. 1960

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• 23. Market Square c. 1960

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• 24. Federal Hotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang c. 1960

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See KL in 1975

http://www.expatgo.com/my/2016/03/14/see-kl-used-look-flashback-photos-1975/
Thanks to KKCash for sharing!

This is part of a flashback editorial series on all things Malaysian. You can check out other flashback articles in the series for a journey through Malaysia’s past.

Flickr user ‘Savidge Family‘ has posted some amazing photos of Kuala Lumpur and around, taken way back in 1975! Here they are, in all their untouched glory, plus their original captions:

Thanks KK for sharing!

Arriving at KL on 2nd August 1975

Below ground level: Start of a new highrise hotel

View from the room at the Hilton

Street scene, Kuala Lumpur: A fair bit of advertising.

A duck runner: He looked like he was on a mission to deliver the ducks in the back streets.

Temple: All these young girls were very well mannered and were quite shy to pose.

Head of Malaysia Palace

Polished Marble: There wasn’t a speck of dust anywhere.

From the rubber tree: The small bowl collects the latex from the rubber tree.

Colourful children’s clothes: Very obliging and always happy

Climb those stairs: Shrine up in the hills – about 270 stairs.

From the entrance: Not a bad view from the entrance to the shrine/cave of Batu Caves

Inside the cave: After the 270 odd steps in the tropical heat it was quite cool inside.

Bullocks and timber: They are very well fed animals

Street market at night

Food for thought: One of the many food stalls.

Sugar cane juicer

Street market: Imagine putting this out and putting it away every day.

Clash of cultures: Indian style Railway Station, German car and Japanese scooters

Polished marble: Polished floors and gold leaf at the top and bottom of the columns throughout the temple.

Fruit market

Pewter maker

Pewter factory: The price tag on the jug second from the left is $66.50 – presumably US

Horse racing club

Drying latex: Rack after rack of latex drying in the sun

Fireman: Not an ounce of fat on him as he keeps the fire going for latex production

Tigers

Sumatran rhinoceros

Rubber plantation [Ed: the original caption said ‘Coffee plantation’ but we have corrected it]

Women building roads

Local shops: One of the papers was “Ultusan Malaysia” whatever that means [ed: it means ‘The Malaysian Courier’]

Material printing: Handheld inking pad onto dress material.

Hilton hotel room

Street market

Kuala Lumpur Airport: The airport had been commandeered by some radical group for several hours and allowed very few planes to leave.