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  • Lorong 35 Geylang shophouse : general view

    Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows a corner shophouse, on Lorong 35 Geylang. The upper level has glass louvre windows and a pointed decorative roof profile, with plaster relief elements on it. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 24A Geylang shophouse : general view [2]

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1966 photograph shows a two-storey shophouse on Lorong 24A Geylang. Separating the three casement windows are decorative pilasters, with floral designs on them. Underneath the windows are some tiles put together to form floral patterns. Other features include accordion grille and iron security bars. Date of creation estimated. Title...
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  • Lorong 37 Geylang shophouses : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1967 photograph shows some shophouses on Lorong 37 Geylang. Architectural features include decorative pilasters between windows and full-length casement windows on the upper level, accordion grille and a five-foot-way in front of the shophouses. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang shophouses, 1968 : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows two two-storey shophouses most probably in Geylang. Architectural features include casement windows, transom windows, hanging balconies, air vents and windows with iron security bars on the lower floor. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 24A Geylang shophouse : general view [1]

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1966 photograph shows a two-storey shophouse on Lorong 24A Geylang. Separating the three casement windows are decorative pilasters, with floral tiles on them. Underneath two of the windows are tiles put together to form floral patterns. Also seen are the decorative fretwork fascia underneath the eave of the roof....
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  • Lorong 28 Geylang shophouses, 1967 : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1967 photograph shows some shophouses, on Lorong 28 Geylang. Interspersed between the windows on the upper floor are decorative pilasters. Other elements seen are some transom windows and windows with iron security bars on the lower floor. Two cars are parked on the road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, 1968 : general view [2]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows Geylang Road with shophouses lined both sides of the road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road shophouse : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1967 photograph shows a general view of a two-storey shophouse on Geyland Road. Architectural features include casement windows, transom windows, air vents and windows with iron security bars on the lower floor. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 35 Geylang shophouses : general view

    Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows some shophouses on Lorong 35 Geylang. This view was taken from Sims Avenue. The shophouses have decorative fretwork fascia underneath the eave of the roofs. This corner shophouse has round pillars on the ground level. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road : general view [5]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1972 photograph shows Geylang Road with shophouses on the right. Cars can be seen parked along the road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 24 Geylang : general view

    Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1968 photograph shows a tarred road, at Lorong 24 Geylang. On the far left is a two-storey house, with some shophouses visible in the background. Open drains run on both sides of the road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang shophouse, 1967 : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1967 photograph shows a two-storey shophouse most probably in Geylang. Architectural features include casement and transom windows, hanging balcony, swinging doors (pintu pagar), air vents and windows with iron security bars on the lower floor. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 33 Geylang shophouses : general view

    Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1967 photograph shows some shophouses on Lorong 33 Geylang. The corner shophouse has the establishment date (1928) of the building imprinted above the casement windows. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 15 Geylang shophouses : general view [2]

    Streets and Places
    This 1982 photograph shows shophouses at Lorong 15 Geylang (northeast corner, dated 1928). There are vehicles parked by the roadside outside the shophouses. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, south side, at the corner of Lorong 42 Geylang : general view

    Streets and Places
    This 1982 photograph shows Geylang Road (south side at the corner of Lorong 42). It shows a view of a street lined with shophouses and roadside parking lots. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, towards Lorong 6 : general view

    Streets and Places
    A 1982 photograph showing Geylang Road (towards Lorong 6 corner on the right). There are shophouses and other buildings on both sides of the road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road shophouse, between Lorong 34 and Lorong 36 Geylang : general view [1]

    Streets and Places · Arts
    This is 1982 photograph showing Geylang Road shophouse located between Lorong 34 and Lorong 36 Geylang. The two-storey shophouse features casement windows with louvred shutters on the upper floor. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, from Paya Lebar Road : general view [2]

    Streets and Places
    This is a 1982 photograph showing Geylang Road, from Paya Lebar Road (south side). It shows a view of a street lined with two-storey 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...
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  • Lorong 4 Geylang shophouses : general view

    Streets and Places
    This is a 1982 photograph depicting double-storey shophouses at Lorong 4 Geylang, at the west corner of Geylang Road junction. The main Geylang Road is flanked by lanes known as lorongs in Malay, on both the north and south sides. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, eastwards, Lorong 24A Geylang on the right : general view [1]

    Streets and Places
    This 1982 photograph shows Geylang Road, towards the east (Lorong 24A on the right and Lorong 27 on the left). It shows a view of a street lined with shophouses on both sides. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Lorong 4 Geylang, towards Guillemard Road : general view [3]

    Streets and Places
    This is a 1982 photograph depicting Lorong 4 Geylang with three-storey shophouses, towards Guillemard Road. The main Geylang Road is flanked by lanes known as lorongs in Malay, on both the north and south sides. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, at Lorong 27A Geylang, 1982 : general view [1]

    Streets and Places
    This 1982 photograph shows Geylang Road, at Lorong 27A Geylang corner. It shows a view of two-storey shophouses at the junction of the two roads, and roadside parking lots at Lorong 27A Geylang. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Geylang Road, north side, Lorong 37 and 39 Geylang on the right : general view

    Streets and Places
    This is a 1982 photograph depicting Geylang Road (north side, Lorong 37 and 39 Geylang on the right). It shows a view of a street lined with shophouses and roadside parking lots. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Sims Avenue, with Lorong 33 Geylang : general view

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1978 photograph shows Sims Avenue, with Geylang Lorong 33. Sims Avenue is named after Chinese businessman Sim Kia Jan. Geylang is considered the traditional cultural heartland of the Malays. Title devised by Library staff.
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