Chin Chew Street no. 30, 1983 : exterior



Photograph

13 Mar 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows a shophouse, located at no. 30 Chin Chew Street, dated 1926. The first transitional shophouse styled double-storey building features a French window and semi-circular transom window in the centre on its upper level. On 18 January 1997, Chin Chew Street became part of the China Square Conservation Area. 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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