Bagpipe group : general view [1]



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01 Oct 1976

Photographed By Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988

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This photograph shows an all-girls bagpipe band outside the OCBC Centre. This display was in celebration of the OCBC Centre inauguration. The opening of the 52-storey Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Centre took place on 1 October 1976. Physical dimensions of original: 27 x 21 cm. Title devised by Library staff.


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Bagpipers--Singapore--Photographs

Pipe bands--Singapore--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs

Bank buildings--Singapore--Photographs

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Performing Arts

Commercial buildings

Music

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All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

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