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  • Flower vendors at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s [1]

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows Chinese ladies selling flowers at a market in Lim Tua Tow Road. They are seated under umbrellas, with baskets and re-used metal containers filled with stalked orchids and loose orchids in front of them. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Basket seller at open market in Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s [1]

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese basket seller at the open market at Lim Tua Tow Road. Wearing a samfoo and a woven hat, the lady is carrying bamboo and wicker shopping baskets of various sizes. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Woman buying flowers at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s [1]

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a lady in sarong kebaya buying flowers from a vendor at a market in Lim Tua Tow Road. She is making payment for a bouquet of flowers consisting of a few stalks of orchids and other flowers. The Chinese flower vendor, wearing samfoo, is surrounded by baskets...

  • Cigarette seller at Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese cigarette seller at an open market in Lim Tua Tow Road. The cigarette seller has a small portable stand with boxes of cigarettes in front of him. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Shoppers at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a few shoppers at the open market at Lim Tua Tow Road. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Street vendor at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a street vendor sitting besides a vegetable stall at an open market in Lim Tua Tow Road. He has two baskets and a daching, or scale, in front of him. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Street vendor selling seafood at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s [1]

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese lady street vendor selling seafood such as prawns and fish. The seafood are in small rattan baskets placed on the ground in front of her as well as a daching or scale. A Chinese lady shopper is seen checking on the fish. Photograph taken between...

  • Street vendor selling food, 1960s [2]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese street vendor sitting on a makeshift crate selling food, which has been laid in front of him. There is a also a container holding forks and chopsticks. A few small stools are visible on the right and behind him, is another street vendor. Photograph taken...

  • Street vendors at open market in Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows Chinese street vendors at an open market in Lim Tua Tow Road. The vendor on the left is selling what looks like dried food products in shallow baskets. Next to him is a basket seller who is selling wicker baskets of various sizes. Photograph taken between 1960-1962....

  • Street fruit hawker at Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese lady, wearing samfoo and holding a daching or scale, squatting on the street, hawking a basket of fruits. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Street vendor selling seafood at Lim Tua Tow Road market [inverted photo], 1960s [2]

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This inverted photograph shows a Chinese lady street vendor selling seafood such as prawns and fish. The seafood are in small rattan baskets placed on the ground in front of her as well as a daching or scale. A Chinese lady shopper is seen checking on the fish. Photograph taken...

  • Street vendor selling food, 1960s [1]

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese street vendor sitting on a makeshift crate selling food, which has been laid in front of him. There is a also a container holding forks and chopsticks. A few small stools are visible on the right and behind him, is another street vendor. Photograph taken...

  • Woman buying flowers at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s [2]

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a lady in sarong kebaya buying flowers from a vendor at a market in Lim Tua Tow Road. She is making payment for a bouquet of flowers consisting of a few stalks of orchids and other flowers. The Chinese flower vendor, wearing samfoo, is surrounded by baskets...

  • Basket seller at open market in Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s [2]

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese basket seller at the open market at Lim Tua Tow Road. Wearing a samfoo and a woven hat, the lady is carrying bamboo and wicker shopping baskets of various sizes. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Pineapple street hawker at Teck Chye Terrace, 1960s

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a street hawker selling pineapples from a cart. A female shopper, wearing a samfoo, is seen choosing a pineapple from the cart. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Hawker selling household products pushing his cart outside Cold Storage, Orchard Road, 1960s

    Transportation · Streets and Places · Economy · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese man pushing a cart outside Cold Storage, along Orchard Road. The cart holds various household items such as brooms, scouring brushes, baskets, feather dusters, food covers and more. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Basket seller at open market in Lim Tua Tow Road, 1960s [3]

    Economy · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese basket seller at the open market at Lim Tua Tow Road. Wearing a samfoo and a woven hat, the lady is selling her bamboo and wicker shopping baskets of various sizes. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Chinese woman street vendor selling food, 1960s

    Economy · Heritage and Culture · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows a Chinese woman street vendor selling food. She is standing in front of a wood burner and scooping something from the pan into a palm bark, shaped like a cone. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Flower vendors at Lim Tua Tow Road market, 1960s [2]

    Economy · Streets and Places · Daniel, David Danny
    This photograph shows Chinese ladies selling flowers at a market in Lim Tua Tow Road. They are seated under umbrellas, with baskets and re-used metal containers filled with stalked orchids and loose orchids in front of them. Photograph taken between 1960-1962. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Vendor selling household items, mid-1970s

    Economy · Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a street vendor's cart outside Sri Mariamman Temple. The cart is full of household items such as brooms, feather dusters, food covers, fans, baskets, hats and scrubbing brushes. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Flower stall at a night market, mid-1970s

    Nature and Environment · Economy
    This photograph shows a crowded night market, with stalls selling fresh flowers and customers making purchases. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Night market at Bugis Street, mid-1970s

    Economy · Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a few small stalls at Bugis Street night market selling socks, daily essentials and toiletries, like thread, combs, clothes pegs and toothpaste. The stalls are lighted using kerosene lamps. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Hawker stall at Sungei Road Thieves Market, mid-1970s

    Economy · Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a street food stall at the Sungei Road Thieves' Market. The owner is preparing food for the customers who have taken a seat at his stall. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Vendor selling household items, mid-1970s

    Economy
    This photograph shows a street vendor on his trishaw along the road selling household items such as brooms, feather dusters, food covers, fans and baskets. Title devised by Library staff.

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