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This 1879 photograph shows a view of Johnston’s Pier and the Exchange building (at Fullerton Square). Johnston’s Pier was named after Alexander Laurie Johnston, one of the earliest European settlers in Singapore and a friend of Sir Stamford Raffles.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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