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  • Urn with joss sticks, 2002

    Strauss, Liesel
    This photograph shows a yellow urn with burnt joss sticks, a padlocked metal donation box and a lighted oil container on a metal cart with wheels. The donation box is chained to the cart. Description by Library staff. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Bones and skull in basket

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows a basket of bones and a skull in front of two urns which are used for holding the ashes of a cremated person. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Urns, Siglap : close-up [2]

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    This is a close-up of a 1962 photograph of urns stacked at Siglap burial site. Dates and 实乞纳 written on them can be seen in the picture. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Urns, Siglap : close-up [1]

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    This is a close-up of a 1962 photograph of urns stacked at Siglap burial site. Dates and 实乞纳 written on them can be seen in the picture. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man putting bones into urn, 1962 [2]

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows a man putting bones into a large urn. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man standing in front of a row of urns, 1962

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    The photograph shows a man standing in front of a row of large urns in a makeshift shelter. Title devised by cataloguer.

  • Man moving an urn

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    The photograph shows a man moving one of the large urns, which holds the bones collected from the graves. In front of the photogaph, there is a tray of bones. Title devised by cataloguer.

  • Group of men under tent

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    This 1962 photograph shows a group of men cleaning and packing the bones into the large urns under a tent. A row of large urns can be seen in the background. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Urns, Siglap [2]

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    This is a 1962 photograph of urns stacked at Siglap burial site. Dates and 实乞纳 written on them can be seen in the picture. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man putting bones into urn, 1962 [3]

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows men packing bones into a large urn under a tent. A row of large urns can be seen in the background. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man putting bones into urn, 1962 [1]

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows a man putting bones into one of the large urns. There is a man looking on him. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Group of men looking at urns

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    The photograph shows a group of men looking at the rows of large urns placed under a tent. The urns contained the remains of the deceased. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Urns at attap shelter

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    This photograph shows a thatched-roof attap shelter in a forested area, with urns placed under the shelter. Several urns are stacked in layers on one side of the shelter. Piles of earth are seen on the ground in front of the shelter. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Bones and skulls on the ground, 1962 [1]

    Heritage and Culture · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows a pile of bones and some skulls, and two large urns. Title devised by cataloguer.

  • Urns, Siglap [1]

    Heritage and Culture · Streets and Places · Foo, Chin Hwa
    A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. This photograph of urns stacked at Siglap burial site. Dates and 实乞纳 written on them can be seen in the picture. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Sri Krishnan Temple, 2004 : exterior [2]

    Streets and Places · Tan, Bonny
    Sri Krishnan Temple (a.k.a Sri Krishna Temple), on Waterloo Street was established in 1870 on the very same site when Hanuman Beem Singh set up an idol of Sri Krishna under a banyan tree. It is the only South Indian Hindu temple in Singapore dedicated exclusively to Sri Krishna and...

  • Central urn : close-up

    Arts · Streets and Places · Tay, Lionel
    This photograph is a close-up on the central urn of the Civilian War Memorial for World War II, cast against the background of our urban cityscape. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Civilian War Memorial urn : general view

    Arts · Streets and Places · Heirwin Mohd Nasir
    This 2003 photograph shows a black urn atop a high white pedestal with lion heads in relief. The words "In deep and lasting sorrow this memorial is dedicated in memory of those of our civilians who were killed between February 15, 1942 and August 18, 1945 when the Japanese Armed...

  • Sri Krishnan Temple, 2004 : exterior [1]

    Streets and Places · Tan, Bonny
    The photograph shows a wide angle view of the Sri Krishnan Temple, flanked on both sides by buildings. The temple is adorned with various effigies of religious Hindu figures and is expertly detailed. It has recently been added to the National List of Historic Monuments. n the foreground, under a...

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