This 1986 photograph shows the signboard of a shop at Jalan Besar. The signboard says "Modern Photo Studio". Jalan Besar in Malay means a big or wide road. Title devised by Library staff.

This 1986 photograph features a signboard of a shop at Jalan Besar. The signboard says "Modern Photo Studio". The signboard is tied to a column of a shophouse via a rope. The photograph also shows a pedestrian walkway, locally known as five foot way, that runs along the ground floor of shophouese. Jalan Besar in Malay means a big or wide road. 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>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
• Signs and signboards--Singapore--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Photographs
• Arts>>Architecture>>Public and commercial buildings
• Sidewalks--Singapore--Photographs