Merchant Road, towards Boat Quay : general view [2]



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10 Apr 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows Merchant Road, from Chin Hin Street (towards Boat Quay), with shophouses and roadside parking lots. Merchant Road was originally called "Theatre Street". Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Boat Quay (Singapore)--Photographs

Streets--Singapore--Boat Quay--Photographs

Shophouses--Singapore--Boat Quay--Photographs

Categories

Streets

Commercial buildings

Streets and Places

Residential buildings

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

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