HDB flats, 1960s : exterior [2]



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01 Jan 1960

Photographed By Cheah, Seng Kee

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This photograph, taken between 1960 and 1969, shows apartment buildings, with cars parked on the ground floor of the buildings. The apartment buildings are likely to be Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. Title devised by Library staff.


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Apartments--Singapore--Photographs

Dwellings--Singapore--Photographs

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Buildings

Architecture

Residential buildings

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

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