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  • Scotts Road, 1900s : general view

    Transportation · Streets and Places
    This 1900s photograph is mounted on a board, with handwritten words "Scott's Road" on the front. The photograph shows rickshaws and bicycles on Scotts Road. Scotts Road is named after William G. Scott (1786 - 1861), Harbour Master Attendant and Post Master of Singapore in 1836. He was one of...

  • Two boys hanging up small towels in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [4]

    Geography and Travels · Streets and Places
    This photograph shows two barefooted boys standing outside a house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. They are hanging small towels on a string tied between two ends of a fence. The area between the verandah and the fence is paved and has two children bicycles parked in it. The house has...

  • Birdcages in Kampung Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Streets and Places · Sports and Recreation · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a close-up view of birdcages that are kept in a house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. They are suspended from hooks mounted on the ceiling of the veranda. Bicycles are also kept around the veranda. A wire mesh fence is seen at the perimeter of the house. There...

  • Man and his bicycle at Kampong Lorong Buangkok [3]

    Streets and Places · Transportation · Arts
    This photograph shows an elderly Chinese man posing with his bicycle in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. He is wearing a hat and is in his work clothes and slippers. The bicycle is painted in yellow. Behind him is a wooden house that is painted in yellow and green. There is a...

  • House number 19-B, Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Transportation
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a mailbox for house number 19-B Lorong Buangkok. A string of number. "547569", is written at the bottom of the mailbox. The mailbox is placed on a low concrete parapet in the of veranda the house. At the left corner of the verandah...

  • Kampong Lorong Buangkok laundry lines [2]

    Streets and Places · Transportation
    This photograph shows a close-up view of clothing lines under a tree in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. One end of the the lines are tied to branches of the tree while the other to an iron gate near the tree. Items being hung are mostly clothes. Two bicycles are parked on...

  • Street scene along Bras Basah, Middle Road and Beach Road vicinity, circa 1966-1980 [2]

    Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a view of a street with two-storeyed shophouses along the side. Trishaws, bicycles, push cart and car are seen parked along the side of the street in front of the shophouses. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man and his bicycle at Kampong Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Transportation · Streets and Places · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows an elderly Chinese man posing with his bicycle. He is wearing a hat and is in his work clothes and slippers. The bicycle is painted in yellow. Behind him is a wooden house that is painted in dark yellow and green. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Two boys hanging up small towels in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [2]

    Streets and Places · Geography and Travels · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a close-up view of two boys hanging small towels outside their house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. They are standing behind a low wooden fence, which has a string tied across an opening in the middle that is used to hang the towels. There are two bicycles parked...

  • Bicycle wheel with part of a car license plate

    Nature and Environment · Transportation · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a wheel of a bicycle with part of a car license plate tied to it. The wheel is attached to a tree trunk. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Man and his bicycle at Kampong Lorong Buangkok [2]

    Transportation · Streets and Places · Liesel Strauss
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a bicycle parked outside a house. It is painted in yellow and has a black seat. A partial view of a wheelbarrow can be seen on the right. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Newton Circus, 1960s

    Streets and Places · Transportation · Communications · Barker, Dave
    This photograph shows a view of the traffic and low-rise buildings at Newton Circus. One of the buildings on the left houses the Newton Post Office. A variety of vehicles can be seen at the roundabout. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Lengkok Bahru, bicycle : close-up

    Transportation · Tan, Chun Wei · Little Red Dot Collection {18549142}
    This photograph shows a bicycle seen at a car park in Lengkok Bahru. The bicycle has a small barbeque pit tied to the rear. This bicycle probably belongs to a street hawker who sells otak or satay. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Veerasamy Road signage : general view

    Transportation · Tan, Chun Wei · Little Red Dot Collection {18549142}
    This 2009 photograph shows a signboard (at Veerasamy Road) that warns motorists of a hump ahead, reminding them to slow down. A bicycle can be seen chained to the signboard pole. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Merpati Road, bicycles : general view

    Sports and Recreation · Arts · Tan, Chun Wei · Little Red Dot Collection {18549142}
    This 2009 photograph shows bicycles, parked at a rack provided next to a HDB (Housing and Development Board) apartment block at Merpati Road. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Posing with a bicycle at Kampong Mata Ikan in Changi, between 1973-1975 : single

    Arts · Streets and Places · Sports and Recreation · Heritage and Culture
    This is a photograph of a man standing next to a bicycle at Kampung Mata Ikan, a Malay village, off Upper Changi Road. Photograph donated by Tan Piak Choo and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_644. Title devised by Library staff.

  • No. 131 Joo Chiat Place : close-up

    Streets and Places · Arts · Wong, Lily
    This photograph shows an old bicycle parked outside No. 131 Joo Chiat Place. The windows with its vertical bars and the expanded metal grille are typical features of a shophouse built in the latter half of the twentieth century. Title devised by Library staff.

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