Street scene with cinema billboards, 1960s : general view
Photograph
01 Jan 1960
Photographed By Cheah, Seng Kee
Information About
This 1960s photograph shows a street scene near Orchard Circus, with a billboard advertisement for "Watts & Bakes Ltd: Sanitary Engineers & Plumbers". There is also a cinema billboard on the right side of the photograph. Orchard Circus is a traffic island roundabout, which fronted the Government House (now the Istana Negara) where Clemenceau Avenue cuts through Orchard Road. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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