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This 1970s [1978/ 1977 given in photographer's notes] photograph shows shophouses, located at River Valley Road (towards Hill Street). River Valley Road is named due to the Singapore River being seen as a valley between Fort Canning Hill and Pearl's Hill. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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This 1970s [1978/ 1977 given in photographer's notes] photograph shows shophouses, located at River Valley Road (towards Hill Street). River Valley Road is named due to the Singapore River being seen as a valley between Fort Canning Hill and Pearl's Hill. Title devised by Library staff....
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This 1995 photograph shows River Valley Road (from opposite Hoot Kiam Road). Pictured are a row of double-story shophouses and residential apartments. There were two River Valley roads in the 1840s. These two roads, which ran on either side of the Singapore River, could have been named as such as...
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