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This is a 1980s photograph showing old two-storey shophouses along Middle Road. The ground floor units typically carried on lively retail trade in food and daily necessities. Donated by Sathakathuda Sahib S/O Peer Mohd, and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_052. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Sathakathuda Sahib S/O Peer Mohd.
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