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This is a photograph of a brother and sister sitting on plastic stools at home in an HDB flat. Beside them is an old square base cradle telephone. Floor tiles, popular with home owners in the 1970s, typically featured a simple repeated motif. Photograph donated by Rachel Tan Swee Koon and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_508. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Rachel Tan Swee Koon.
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