Gay World : general view [2]
- Streets and Places
- Lee Kip Lin Collection
- 4 Apr 1992
Reproduction Available:
This is a 1992 photograph depicting a side road of Gay World. There are many empty parking lots next to the only parked van. A "Day and night paid parking" signpost is erected at the road side. 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
- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Roads--Singapore--Photographs
- Parking lots--Singapore--Photographs
Suggested Pictures
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Gay World : general view [3] -
Gay World : general view [1] -
Gay World D Hall : exterior -
Gay World : general view [4] -
Gay World : exterior [2] -
Gay World : exterior [1] -
Gay World : exterior [3] -
Gay World entrance : exterior [2] -
Gay World New Victory building : exterior [1] -
Gay World New Victory building : exterior [2] -
Gay World Tai Thong Restaurant : general view -
Gay World Tai Thong Restaurant : exterior [1] -
Gay World entrance : exterior [1] -
Gay World Amusement Park office sign : close-up -
Gay World entrance : close-up -
Gay World side entrance : general view [1] -
Gay World entrance : general view [1] -
Gay World side entrance : general view [2] -
Gay World side entrance : general view [3] -
Gay World side entrance : general view [5] -
Gay World Tai Thong Restaurant : exterior [2] -
Gay World entrance : general view -
Gay World entrance : general view
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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View of Happy World amusement park located between Geylang Road and Mountbatten Road. On the right is the ticketing booth for Victory Theatre while on the left is the ticketing booth for boxing matches. It was set up in 1936, renamed Gay World in 1966 and closed down in 2000. -
View of Happy World amusement park located between Geylang Road and Mountbatten Road. On the right is the ticketing booth for Victory Theatre while on the left is the ticketing booth for boxing matches. It was set up in 1936, renamed Gay World in 1966 and closed down in 2000. -
View of Happy World amusement park located between Geylang Road and Mountbatten Road. On the right is the ticketing booth for Victory Theatre while on the left is the ticketing booth for boxing matches. It was set up in 1936, renamed Gay World in 1966 and closed down in 2000. -
MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OTHMAN BIN WOK LEAVING GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK AFTER CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 -
View of entrance to "Happy World" amusement park, located between Mountbatten Road and Geylang Road, Singapore. Set up in 1936 by George Lee Geok Eng (of George Lee Motors at Clemenceau Avenue), the park was renamed as "Gay World" in 1966. -
MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE LEAVING GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK AFTER CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN OPENS NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE BEING GREETED ON ARRIVAL AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK FOR CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 -
A 40-MINUTE FIRE DESTROYED EXHIBITION STALLS SET UP AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK FOR FESTIVAL 1968 -
MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE ARRIVES FOR CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE SPEAKING AT CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN OPENS NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
The New World amusement park at Jalan Besar. It was the first amusement park to be set up in 1923 and closed down in 1987. -
ABOUT 20 SHOPS WERE GUTTED AND THE GAY WORLD STADIUM PARTLY DAMAGED WHEN A FIRE SWEPT THROUGH A LARGE SECTION OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK IN GEYLANG. NO ONE WAS INJURED ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING PATRONS OF THE NEW VICTORY CINEMA, WHO WERE INSIDE THE PARK WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT ABOUT 11 PM HAD TO RUSH FOR SAFETY. -
ABOUT 20 SHOPS WERE GUTTED AND THE GAY WORLD STADIUM PARTLY DAMAGED WHEN A FIRE SWEPT THROUGH A LARGE SECTION OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK IN GEYLANG. NO ONE WAS INJURED ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING PATRONS OF THE NEW VICTORY CINEMA, WHO WERE INSIDE THE PARK WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT ABOUT 11 PM HAD TO RUSH FOR SAFETY. -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN VISITS NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK DURING ITS OPENING -
DONATION DRAW DURING CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN VIEWS EXHIBITS DURING OPENING OF NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN BEING GREETED DURING OPENING OF NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK -
MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN VISITS NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK DURING ITS OPENING -
GUESTS LEAVING GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK AFTER CLOSING CEREMONY OF SINGAPORE FESTIVAL 1968 -
PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW AND MINISTER FOR HEALTH YONG NYUK LIN VISIT NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION 1967 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK DURING ITS OPENING