This 1982 photograph depicts Spring Street, from Banda Street. Two-storey shop houses can be seen on the left side of the road. Hawker stalls line both sides of the streets, manned by hawkers. An elderly woman dressed in a samfu selling vegetables with another sitting near her can be seen in the foreground. Spring Street is named after a spring which supplied water to the area. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff.
This 1982 photograph shows Sago Lane, from Banda Street. Sago Lane is named for the sago factories located in the area during the 1840s. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Sago Street, from Banda Street corner (towards South Bridge Road). Sago Street is named for the sago factories located in the area during the 1840s. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Sago Street, from Banda Street corner (towards South Bridge Road). Sago Street is named for the sago factories located in the area during the 1840s. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Sago Street, from Banda Street corner (towards South Bridge Road). Sago Street is named for the sago factories located in the area during the 1840s. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Sago Street, from Banda Street corner (towards South Bridge Road). Sago Street is named for the sago factories located in the area during the 1840s. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Club Street. Club Street is named after the many Chinese clubs located in the area. The road mentioned is in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows Club Street, towards Ann Siang Road. Club Street is named after the many Chinese clubs located in the area. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph shows the Eu Yan Sang Pharmacy at South Bridge Road (Eu Tong Sen's building dated 1910, now owned by K.C. Eu's widow). South Bridge Road is so-named as it is south of Elgin Bridge. The road mentioned is in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....
This 1982 photograph depicts Erskine Road, from South Bridge Road (towards Ann Siang Road). Erskine Road is probably named after Samuel Erskine of engineering firm Howarth Erskine and Company. The roads mentioned are in the Chinatown area. Title devised by Library staff....