Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club : general view



Photograph

13 Mar 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows a two-storey building which housed the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club, located at Club Street. Club Street was named after this club. Founded by a wealthy Peranakan in 1891, the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club was a socialising place for well-known names among the Chinese community. 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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