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This is a 1982 photograph depicting a building in Boat Quay, from the corner of Magazine Road. The building is a shophouse that has wooden French windows at the upper floor. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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