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  • Tree at Botanic Gardens, mid-1970s

    Nature and Environment · Sports and Recreation
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a few aerial roots of a tree that have anchored themselves to the ground at Singapore Botanic Gardens. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Lake at Botanic Gardens, mid-1970s

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment · Sports and Recreation
    This photograph shows a close-up view of a lake at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, with trees and plants growing on a small plot of land in the middle of the lake. Title devised by Library staff.

  • Colonial bungalow in Lorong Buangkok [7]

    Arts · Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows the side view of a double-storey colonial bungalow in Lorong Buangkok and its trimmed lawn. A spacious verandah with a pulled-up black-and-white stripe awning forms the entrance to the bungalow, and it is furnished with a wooden bench and a sofa. Outside at the lawn sits a...

  • House at the edge of a field in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a wooden house overlooking a field in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house has a zinc roof and its wooden wall are painted in blue. It is slightly raised and is accessed by a few flight of steps which are connected to a low metal fence. In front...

  • Exterior of a house with red windows in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [5]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a close-up exterior view of a house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house has a pitched roof that is roughly layered with zinc. The upper louvered wooden walls are painted in a light hue while the lower concrete walls in red. The back of the wooden windows...

  • Narrow dirt road in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a narrow dirt road in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. On each side of the road are low shrubs and taller trees. At the end of the road is a wooden house with a car parked in front. Overhead power cables run overhead. No date of creation estimated. Title...

  • Narrow path in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [2]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a long narrow path in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. On the left of the path is a building which is covered by zinc sheets at the bottom. Several other zinc-roof structures are seen at the end of the path. On the right of the path are shrubs and...

  • Laundry hung outside a house at Kampong Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows laundry hung outside a wooden house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The laundry are hung from short bamboo poles in front of the house and from ropes at the side. There is an abundance of greenery around the house. Neatly-trimmed shrubs stretch across the compound of the house....

  • Exterior of a pink house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [6]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows an exterior view of a wooden house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok and its spacious compound. The house has zinc roofs, and louvered wooden walls that are painted pink. The compound outside is paved, neat and simply furnished with a square wooden bench. Many tall trees including coconut...

  • Signboards at Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Transportation
    This photograph shows a close-up view of two road signs in front of a big tree trunk in Lorong Buangkok. One of them is a blue signboard that describes the area behind it as the private property of KTMB, with a $50 penalty for illegal parking. The other sign advises...

  • Colonial-style bungalow in Lorong Buangkok

    Arts · Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows the exterior view of a double-storey white colonial-style building in Lorong Buangkok. It has a pitched roof and rows of windows in the upper storey. A small pickup truck with workers from a construction company is parked on a tiled pavement in front of the building. A...

  • Provision shop in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Streets and Places · Economy · Transportation · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a paved road leading to a zinc-roofed Chinese provision shop in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. A pile of concrete slab is seen at the left edge of the path. A lorry is parked in a shed in front of the shop. A rack of laundry is also being...

  • Chinese altars in front of Sunlove Home at Lorong Buangkok

    Nature and Environment · Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a front view of a row of Chinese altars in Lorong Buangkok. The altars are placed under a big tree with sprawling branches. Behind the altars is the long stone wall of the Sunlove Home, which is partially covered by tall trees. Description by Library staff. Title...

  • Exterior of house with three doors in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a dirt path leading to two zinc-roof houses in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house at the end of the path has three different coloured doors - yellow, red and white. A long laundry line can be seen outside. In front of the house is a tree trunk...

  • Covered walkway to an outhouse of a colonial bungalow at Lorong Buangkok [1]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment · Arts
    This photograph shows a top-covered walkway that is adjoining a wooden outhouse in Lorong Buangkok. The walkway is paved and its open sides are furnished with black and white stripe awnings. A square grass courtyard with low shrubs lies in the middle of the grounds. The walkway connects the single-storey...

  • Front gate and driveway of a colonial-style building in Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Arts · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a view of a driveway from outside the gate, leading to a double-storey colonial-style bungalow in Lorong Buangkok. On each side of the narrow road are rolling lawns that are dotted with big trees. An iron gate secures the driveway. A wide veranda with arched entrances and...

  • House backyard in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows the backyard of a house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house is covered by zinc roofs. An open shed adjoins the house at the far end of the corridor. The flooring is paved with tiles in geometric patterns. To its right is a continuous row of trees...

  • Exterior of a house with red windows in Kampong Lorong Buangkok [7]

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows an exterior view of a zinc-roof house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house has a pitched roof that is roughly layered with zinc. The upper louvered wooden walls are lightly painted and while the lower walls are painted in red. The wooden windows are painted in red...

  • Wooden house among dense vegetation in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photographs shows a wooden house among dense vegetation in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. It has a pitched zinc roof which looks old and rusted. A window is open to reveal blue curtains. In front of the house are overgrown shrubs and grasses. The house is also surrounded by tall trees...

  • Street view of Sunlove Home at Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Politics and Government · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a street view of the Sunlove Home in Lorong Buangkok. A huge old tree with sprawling trunk and branches and overflowing trellis stands by the roadside and provides a prominent landmark to the area. A row of altar is seen at the foot of the tree. The...

  • Exterior of an orange wooden house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment · Transportation
    This photograph shows the exterior of a wooden house in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The house has a zinc roof and orange wooden walls. There is a small porch outside where two motorcycles and a bicycle are parked. The compound outside is sandy. Potted plants and tall trees grow at the...

  • Stream in Kampong Lorong Buangkok, 1999 [2]

    Streets and Places
    This photograph shows a general view of a long narrow stream running through thick vegetation in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. The back and middle of river is heavily silted with mud. Wooden planks are placed between the sandy banks of the stream for pedestrian crossing. Date of creation estimated. Title devised...

  • Covered walkway to an outhouse of a colonial bungalow at Lorong Buangkok [2]

    Streets and Places · Arts · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows the close-up side view of a wooden building or an outhouse in Lorong Buangkok that is connected to a partially-hidden covered walkway. The building is painted in a white and black theme that harks back to colonial Singapore. It has a pitched roof, white louvered walls and...

  • Natural outdoor recreation space in Kampong Lorong Buangkok

    Sports and Recreation · Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a quiet recreation space under a tree in Kampong Lorong Buangkok. It consists of several chairs including a suspended lazy rattan chair. Trees around the area give it shade and privacy, creating a quiet sanctuary. No date of creation estimated. Description by Library staff. Title devised by...

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