Young girl posing at Cheang Wan Seng Place, 1980 : full-length portrait



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01 Jan 1980

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This photograph shows a little girl posing next to a motorcycle outside a house at Cheang Wan Seng Place. Donated by Mary Lim, and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_039. Title devised by Library staff.


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Motorcycles--Singapore--Photographs

Girls--Singapore--Photographs

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Children

Transportation

Portrait photography

Heritage and Culture

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This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Mary Lim.

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