Raffles City ballroom, 1986 : interior



Photograph

01 Jan 1986

Photographed By Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988

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This photograph depicts the interior of one of the ballrooms of the then newly-opened Raffles City. It appears that preparations for a function in the ballroom is in progress. A group of people is seen in the photograph, standing in the middle of the ballroom. Overhead, the lights make a decorative pattern. Title devised by Library staff.


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Ballrooms--Singapore--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

Interior architecture

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All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

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