This 1987 photograph shows Orchard Road, with a partial view of a building on the left. Orchard Road is named after William Scott's orchard. There were orchards, nutmeg plantations and pepper farms along the road in the 1830s. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

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

Subjects

• Orchard Road (Singapore)--Photographs
• Roads--Singapore--Orchard Road--Photographs
• Commercial buildings--Singapore--Orchard Road--Photographs