Boat Quay : general view [2]



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08 Aug 1982

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A 1982 photograph depicting Boat Quay with shophouses, from the Keng Cheow Street junction, towards Angus Street. The shophouses have wooden French windows at the upper floor. Clothes can be seen hanging outside the windows. 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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