This photograph shows bumboats along the Singapore River. Rows of shophouses lined along the riverbank. On the left, a number of workers are seen unloading sacks from the lorries and carrying them via wooden planks from the bank to the bumboats. Behind them, one of the shophouses has the signboard "Guan Hup Hin Co". Title devised by Library staff.

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All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore, 2020

Subjects

• Boat Quay (Singapore)--Photographs
• Singapore River (Singapore)--Photographs
• Work boats--Singapore--Boat Quay--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Boat Quay--Photographs
• Loading and unloading--Singapore--Boat Quay--Photographs