This 1992 photograph depicts Geylang Road, from Lorong 19 Geylang. It shows a view of a street lined with shophouses. Geylang is believed to be a corruption of the term "kilang", Malay for factory, from the coconut and lemongrass processing factories of the area. 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
• Geylang (Singapore)--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs