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This 1919 photograph is mounted on a board and probably shows the driveway of the old Sea View Hotel and the road leading to it. There is a uniformed staff wearing a topi at the right hand corner of the photograph. The hotel was established in 1906 in Tanjong Katong. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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