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This is a photograph of young ladies dressed for a wedding, standing outside a shophouse in Eu Tong Sen Street. They are looking graceful and pretty in cap-sleeved dresses, and ribbons in their hair. Photograph donated by Cheong Hang Foon and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Cheong Hang Foon.
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