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This 1983 photograph shows Boat Quay, from a corner at the left of Keng Cheow Street. The shophouses have wooden French windows at the upper floor. Clothes can be seen hanging outside the windows. Boat Quay was set apart for conservation plans in 1986. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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