Singapore in pictures, 1819-1945
Digitised Book 216.73.216.62 (0)
1981
Information About
This publication contains paintings and photographs of Singapore from the period 1819 to 1945. These paintings and photographs depict waterfront and river scenes, street and rural scenes, buildings, transport, people, and scenes of daily life in Singapore before World War II. The photographs are preceded by an essay on a short history of Singapore by Dr. Wong Lin Ken, Raffles Professor of History from the National University of Singapore.
Additional Details
- Title
- Singapore in pictures, 1819-1945
- Creators
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- Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Ltd.
- Singapore. Ministry of Culture (1968-1985)
- Subject
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- Singapore--History--Pictorial works
- Architectural photography--Singapore
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 1981
- Sin Chew Jit Poh, 1981
- Ministry of Culture, 1981
- Contributors
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- Ministry of Culture
- Editor:Lee, Wai Kok
- Wong, Yut Wah Frank
- Wong, Lin Ken
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, chiefly ill.
- Provenance
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- The resource described is part of the National Library Board’s Singapore Collection, digitised as part of the NL-NAS Masterplan by Whole-of-Government (WOG) panel vendor (Konica) in 2020/2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
- Table of Contents
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- Message -- Foreword -- A view of our past -- Waterfront & river scenes -- Street & rural scenes -- Buildings -- Transport -- People & life -- Historic events -- Postscript - Index.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. Ministry of Culture, Sin Chew Jit Poh, 1981