This 1982 photograph shows Wallich Street, between Tras Street and Tanjong Pagar Road. It shows a view of a street with shophouses along the roadside, with street vendors' stalls set up in front of them. Wallich Street is named after botanist Nathaniel Wallich, who set up the first Botanical Garden on Government Hill (now Fort Canning). 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
• Commerce and Industry>>Trade
• Tanjong Pagar (Singapore)--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs
• Street vendors--Singapore--Tanjong Pagar--Photographs