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  • Signboard of Hiap Chuan Joo Store

    Economy · Ng, Siew Hock
    Hiap Chuan Joo was one of the largest sawmill factories in Singapore. Located at Balestier it produced wooden crates used for beverages including Coca-Cola and Tiger Beer. Taken between 1950 and 1953 this photograph shows the signboard of Hiap Chuan Joo Store at No. 516 Balestier Road. The store is...

  • Serangoon Avenue 2 directional signage : close-up

    Streets and Places · Tan, Chun Wei · Little Red Dot Collection {18549142}
    This 2010 photograph shows a directional sign to the HDB (Housing Development Board) apartment blocks at Serangoon Avenue 2. The sign is attached to a lamp, and it has the block numbers in black, against a white background. Title devised by Library staff.

  • North Bridge Road : general view [4]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows North Bridge Road with shophouse on both sides of the road. Signages are featured on columns and on signboards. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road : general view [1]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows North Bridge Road with shophouses on both sides of the road. Signages are featured on columns and on signboards. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road : general view [8]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows North Bridge Road with shophouses on the side of the road. Accordion grille gates and signages are also featured. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road : general view [5]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows North Bridge Road with shophouses on both sides of the road. Signages are featured on columns and below the windows. The Sultan Mosque is partially seen in the centre of the photograph. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road shophouses : general view [4]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows shophouses with full-length French windows. Signages in red are featured on shophouse columns and on signboards. The shophouses are located at the corner of North Bridge Road and Jalan Klapa. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road : general view [2]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows shophouses along North Bridge Road. Signages are seen on the shophouse columns and on signboards. The Islamic Restaurant is featured among the row of shophouses. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • North Bridge Road : general view [6]

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin · Lee Kip Lin Collection
    This 1980 photograph shows North Bridge Road with shophouses on both sides of the road. Signages are featured on columns and on signboards. A five-foot way and street sign for Jalan Klapa are also seen. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Gay World Amusement Park office sign : close-up

    Streets and Places
    This 1992 photograph shows a close up of the Gay World Amusement Park office signage. The signage is mounted on a stone wall and is in both Chinese and English. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • B.S. Mohideen and Co. signage : close-up

    Economy · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1982 photograph depicts the signboard of shophouse no. 26 Chulia Street (B.S. Mohideen and Co). Chulia Street is named after early Indian immigrants, who were known as the Chulias. The road mentioned is near the Boat Quay area. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Dunearn Road Hostels location signboard : close-up

    Streets and Places · Geography and Travels · Arts
    This 1992 photograph shows the location signboard of Dunearn Road Hostels (DRH), at College Green along Dunearn Road. The signboard shows the map and layout of the residential blocks from unit nos. 1 to 63. Two garages and one block named "S. Qrts" are also available on the hostel premises....
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  • New Bridge Road no. 197, signage : close-up

    Arts · Economy
    The 1992 photograph shows a sign from a pre-war coffee shop, at house no. 197, New Bridge Road. This is a humorous Chinese poem advising people not to get angry over people. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Balmoral Crescent no. 22 signage: close-up

    Arts · Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1983 photograph shows a close-up of a signage, belonging to house no. 22 Balmoral Crescent. The sign has the words "La Chanterelle" written on it. The house belongs to Goh Soon Tioe, a Singapore violinist-conductor, who is known in Singapore musical history as a key player in the development...
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  • Prinsep Street building : general view [8]

    Streets and Places · Economy
    This 1986 photograph shows a building at the corner of Prinsep Street, at Bras Basah Road. The three-storey building has a façade decorated with pilasters and cornices. An advertising billboard for Nikon photographic system can be seen atop the building. Prinsep Street is named after Charles Prinsep, a lawyer who...
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  • Bedok Road, signboard : general view

    Economy · Streets and Places
    This 1987 photograph shows a signboard for semi-detached housing development at Bedok Road. Bedok is Malay for the drum that was used in pre-loudspeaker days to call worshippers to the mosque for prayers. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Holland Park flats no. D1 - D4 signage : general view

    Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1983 photograph shows the signage for the Holland Park Flats. There are only 4 apartments located in the area (no. D1 to D4). Holland Park was named after Hugh Holland, an early Tanglin architect. The flats have been demolished. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Prinsep Street building : general view [5]

    Streets and Places · Economy
    This 1986 photograph shows a building at the corner of Prinsep Street, at Bras Basah Road. The three-storey building has a façade decorated with pilasters and cornices. An advertising billboard for Nikon photographic system can be seen atop the building. Prinsep Street is named after Charles Prinsep, a lawyer who...
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  • Tengeh Reservoir, with signage : general view

    Streets and Places · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1983 photograph shows Tengeh Reservoir. with a Public Utilities signage with the reservoir name, on the shoreline on the left of the photograph. The reservoir, located within Jalan Bahar, is one of the four reservoirs in the Western Water Catchment of Singapore. The reservoir was once a river called...
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  • Crawford Bridge, plaque : close-up

    Economy · Streets and Places · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1972 photograph shows a plaque on Crawford Bridge which says "Crawford Bridge 1926" and lists the names of the contractors, engineers and the municipal commissioners involved in its construction. Crawford Bridge is located at Crawford Street, and is named after Sir John Crawfurd, second Resident and Commandant of Singapore...
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  • Clyde Street shophouse windows : close-up

    Arts · Streets and Places · Economy
    This is a 1990 photograph showing the casement windows of a shophouse in Clyde Street. A sign bearing the name of a shop in Chinese, can be seen on the left side of the photograph. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Prinsep Street no. 12 : exterior

    Streets and Places · Arts
    This 1986 photograph shows the exterior of a shophouse, at no. 12 Prinsep Street. A sign for "Pacific Drug Store" can be seen near the roof of the shophouse. Just above the sign is another sign for "Strand Hotel". Prinsep Street is named after Charles Prinsep, a lawyer who owned...
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  • Signboard of Jalan Besar shop, 1986 : general view

    Streets and Places
    This 1986 photograph shows the signboard of a shop at Jalan Besar. The signboard says "Modern Photo Studio". Jalan Besar in Malay means a big or wide road. Title devised by Library staff.
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  • Kampong Kapor Methodist Church plaque : close-up [2]

    Streets and Places · Events · Arts · Lee, Kip Lin
    This 1984 photograph depicts a close-up of a plaque at Kampong Kapor Methodist Church, commemorating the rededication of the church in 1967. The church was originally situated at the junction of Waterloo Street and Middle Road before it moved to Kampong Kapor Road in the 1920s. Title devised by Library...
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