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This photograph shows a street scene in front of a grocery shop at Neil Road. A covered truck carrying some elderly persons passes by old shophouses where laundry is hung on bamboo poles to dry. Donated by Chee Yoke Leung, and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_069. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Chee Yoke Leung.
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