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This 1983 photograph shows Eu Tong Sen Street, from an overhead bridge at People's Park Complex. Majestic Theatre can be seen to the left. Eu Tong Sen Street (previously called Wayang Street) was named after Eu Tong Sen in 1919. 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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Majestic Theatre : exterior [1]
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Majestic Theatre : general view
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This 1983 photograph shows the Majestic Theatre, located at Eu Tong Sen Street. The theatre, designed by Swan and Maclaren, was completed in 1928. It was a Cantonese opera house built by Eu Tong Sen for his wife, who was a Cantonese opera fan. The Majestic Theatre is now known...
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This 1983 photograph shows the Majestic Theatre, located at Eu Tong Sen Street. The theatre, designed by Swan and Maclaren, was completed in 1928. It was a Cantonese opera house built by Eu Tong Sen for his wife, who was a Cantonese opera fan. The Majestic Theatre is now known...
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View of the facade of the old building that was once a theatre at Eu Tong Sen Street with its mixture of Western and Chinese architectural styles. Its façade is decorated with tiles depicting scenes from Cantonese opera and shiny and colourful mosaics of flying dragons....