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This photograph shows the Majestic Theatre, built in 1927. It is located between People's Park Complex and Yue Hwa Department Store on Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown. It was a Cantonese opera house built by Eu Tong Sen, a tin mining and rubber magnate, for his wife who was a Cantonese opera fan. Photograph donated by Peh Heng Huat and displayed at Heritage Roadshow 2007. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2007. The original work (c) Peh Heng Huat.
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