China Street, from Hokkien Street : general view



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04 Jul 1982

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1982 photograph shows China Street, from Hokkien Street corner (with Pekin Street on the left). On the left is a three-storey shophouse with French and transom windows on the upper floors. A pick-up truck parked in front of the building can be partially seen. To the right is a two-storey shophouse with French windows on the upper floor. Several bicycles are parked by the roadside in front of the shophouses. Title devised by Library staff.


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Streets--Singapore--Photographs

Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

Streets

Transportation

Streets and Places

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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