Tew Chew Street, from Chin Hin Street : general view [2]



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10 Apr 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows Tew Chew Street, from Chin Hin Street towards the Singapore River. It shows a view of a street with a back view of a shophouse building on the right, with an adjoining row of two-storey, street-facing shophouses. Several vehicles can be seen parked by the roadside, as well as a stack of woven baskets near the buildings. Tew Chew Street was named after the Teochew people who came from Swatow in northern Guangdong province. Title devised by Library staff.


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

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