Family portrait at Lim Chu Kang pig farm, 1978 : group photograph



Photograph

01 Jan 1978

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This is a 1978 photograph of a woman and four grinning children posing at the Lim Chu Kang Pig Farm. The rearing of pigs has been phased out and in its place is the Hay Dairies, a goat farm which sells pasteurised and homogenised goats' milk. Photograph donated by Tan Siew Chin, and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_203. Title devised by Library staff.


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This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Tan Siew Chin.

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