Joo Chiat Road shophouses, 1939 : general view



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24 Jan 1993

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1993 photograph shows a row of shophouses, located at Joo Chiat Road (no. 428, 430, 432, 434 and 436, west side). The Art Deco-styled building has the date "1939" at the top of it. Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Joo Chiat (Singapore)--Photographs

Shophouses--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs

Streets--Singapore--Joo Chiat--Photographs

Categories

Commercial buildings

Streets and Places

Residential buildings

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

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