This 1890 photograph shows a seaside kampong. Houses in a kampong were usually raised on wooden pillars above the ground. No fencing marked the boundary around the ground and houses were sometimes surrounded by plants, betel palms and a variety of fruit trees. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Ethnic Communities
• Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Residential Buildings
• Villages--Singapore--Photographs
• Wooden-frame houses--Singapore--Photographs