Tian Xiang Tea Shop : interior

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10 Apr 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows the interior of Tian Xiang Tea shop (天香), located at Merchant Road. The tea shop was founded by Mr Xing Huan Kui, alias Hia Huan Quee, around the 1920s. The original shop is located at New Bridge Road/Circular Road corner. Title devised by Library staff.

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Tearooms--Singapore--Photographs

Chinatown (Singapore)--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

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

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