Geylang Road, from Paya Lebar Road : general view [2]



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31 Jan 1982

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This is a 1982 photograph showing Geylang Road, from Paya Lebar Road (south side). It shows a view of a street lined with two-storey shophouses. Geylang is believed to be a corruption of the term "kilang", Malay for factory, from the coconut and lemongrass processing factories of the area. Title devised by Library staff.


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Streets--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

Geylang (Singapore)--Photographs

Shophouses--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs

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Streets

Commercial buildings

Streets and Places

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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