Lavender Street : general view
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This 1985 photograph depicts Lavender Street (towards Bendemeer Road corner on the right). Lavender Street was named in 1858. At that time, the smell of the area was unbearable due to the urine and nightsoil used to fertilise the Chinese vegetable gardens. Hence, residents referred to the area as Lavender Street out of sarcasm. The name was then formalised by the Municipality. Title devised by Library staff.
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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Residential Buildings
- Streets--Singapore--Photographs
- Roads--Singapore--Interchanges and intersections--Photographs
- Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs
- Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs
- Little India (Singapore)--Photographs
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